500+ Subscribers!

#BypassingTheGatekeepers

Hi all,

I’m thrilled to announce I’ve just surpassed 500 subscribers!

To my surprise and delight, I’ve grown almost 25% since “The Age of the Sovereign Critic,” where I expressed my frustration with pitching—and declared my independence.

Later this morning, I’ll be posting “Mixed-Up Lovers—And Mixed-Up Critics,” which will present an overview of my argument about Romeo & Juliet. Tomorrow, Stacker of Subs Holly MathNerd will be sharing this essay with her readers, which is exciting. It’ll be the first time my work is cross-posted here on Sub.

Other pieces I’ll be posting soon include:

• “The Vindication of Mercutio”

• “Ugly People Shouldn’t Procreate: The self-evidently satirical message of Shakespeare’s ‘procreation sonnets’”

• "The Mother of All Fornication: Why Shakespeare’s original blockbuster—the 1200-line minor epic poem Venus & Adonis—is a satirical masterpiece”

Thank you again for your continued support,

John