I got a little bogged down in this play (my fifth) in my Shakespeare lineup, partly due to the fact that we took a family

The mesticheria is a Florentine institution, a catch-all shop full of hardware and housewares, similar to the Mexican tlapalería. My favorite one is on Via

The Shakespearean histories represent the most glaring lacuna in my familiarity with the plays. Aside from having seen King Henry V starring Kenneth Branagh as

Titus Andronicus, written in 1591, is Shakespeare’s third play and the first of his Roman plays. It’s rarely performed now, probably because it is a

The Taming of the Shrew: Shakespeare’s second play, so famous its reputation precedes it. I remember hearing about it, reading its title even, as a

Jason’s birthday was a couple of months ago, before Thanksgiving. Mid-November birthdays, alas, rarely offer the type of weather that might occasion a festive gathering.

A few months ago – what feels like a lifetime ago – I wrote two parts of a three-part account of how the diamond popped

The funeral for our friend Liz Cole almost two weeks ago, on January 20. Her burial was on Saturday at noon. I was grateful that