My copy carries the bookplate of C. Alan Soons, once a professor of Romance Languages at UMass Amherst, whose personal library became the Alan & Rosalie Soons Library of Hispanic Studies. A nice link between scholarship and collecting. #booksky #UMass

Someone got a deal!

Romeo + Juliet is a brilliant film and adaptation. The opening alone invites students to revisit the opening lines of the "boring" play with fresh eyes that can see the play is as much about violence, hate, and war as it is about love.

Ringler's scholarly annotations are the most economical I have seen from someone in the humanities. However, they match the economy of his bookplate. #poetry #books

"Reads too much"

I really came to love Eugene O’Neill thanks to some amazing experiences at the Goodman Theatre, especially with Robert Falls directing. Got to take my AP Lit students to see an O’Neill show there—it was a great way to share that passion.

It wasn't until later that I came to understand the social commentary of Stephen Vincent Benet's story.

Ah! From one high school English teacher to another — Thanks, and congrats on your forthcoming book!

I would say that Warhol and Parks also make sense. Both were artists and filmmakers.

From my copy of Frank Miller's Sketchbook.

Makes sense to me. I just really like the idea of Lydgate's poem as early fanfiction! That the 2nd Speght edition of 1602 (which had as one purpose to lionize Chaucer) includes The Siege of Thebes with Chaucer's own work is very telling now that I think about it in this way.