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Keith Hill's avatar

I love that line from Chinatown: "Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all get respectable if they last long enough." Follow your bliss and others will catch up. Or not. But at least you'll have exposed under-appreciated lines of enquiry and be making a worthwhile contribution to Shakespearean studies.

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John McGee, PhD's avatar

Hahaha. Nice line. Thank you Keith! Really appreciate your support

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Have you considered sending those pieces to one of the many academic periodicals that deal with English lit and Shakespeare? They'd probably give them a fighting chance, at least.

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John McGee, PhD's avatar

Hi David. Thank you for the question. Yes, but no one reads them! For instance, I have articles in the journals "Shakespeare" and "Shakespeare Survey" - and they've gotten no meaningful attention or engagement. Appreciate your thoughts. John

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Michael Kupperburg's avatar

May you have better luck here than the so called free press.

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John McGee, PhD's avatar

Thanks Michael! Did try them - and almost broke through (they expressed interest in one piece). But then things fell through, sigh.

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Michael Kupperburg's avatar

Sigh indeed!

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John McGee, PhD's avatar

Thanks Joe. Going to try a new, independent path.

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