How Shakespeare was like a journalist

Michelle Nijhuis examines the evidence and concludes that the bard was one of us: "Journalists — and all kinds of writers, fiction and non — are constantly borrowing authority, becoming temporary experts on a place, or a field of knowledge, or a group of people. We learn as much as we can as fast as we can, mostly by asking lots and lots of nosy questions … We’re serial experts, and professional amateurs. I suspect Shakespeare was too." Also, some words he gave us.

May 1, 2016

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