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James Shapiro

James Shapiro is the Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, where he has taught since 1985. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, he studied at Columbia and the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, most recently A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599. He has been awarded numerous fellowships and grants from institutions such as the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers. He has written for The New York Times, the Financial Times, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications. Mr. Shapiro... Read full bio

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The Australian, February 17, 2010
...cynicism meter goes off. Part of that industry is publishing, of course, and I see that Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro has a new book due out in April (Shakespeares birth and death month), Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? No doubt this book will...
New York Review of Books, January 15, 2010
...Treasurer; Mary Pope Osborne, Former President; Scott Turow, Former President; Nick Taylor, Former President; Jennifer Egan, James Gleick, James Shapiro, Sarah Vowell, Authors Guild Council With due respect to the Authors Guild and the thirty months they...
Times Online, January 9, 2010
...the author of Four Bare Legs in a Bed makes a welcome return. Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? James Shapiro (Faber, Apr) Shapiro has already proved, with 1599, that he has a remarkable ability to make Shakespeare scholarship both original and...
Irish Times, January 1, 2010
...BOOK PREVIEWS 2010: Not surprisingly, how to get the world out of recessionary waters is among the hot topics of books to come this year. But there is a lot more to look forward to besides. ARMINTA WALLACE offers a selective guide ECONOMICS How to get...
Times Online, January 1, 2010
...Harold Pinter by Antonia Fraser (January); Contested Will (April), an investigation of the authorship of Shakespeares plays by James Shapiro, the author of the acclaimed 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare; and the diaries of Nelson Mandela...
New York Post, November 29, 2009
...to say no and gets away with it.” A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 by James Shapiro “I think James Shapiro is a genius. What he’s done is make Elizabethan life truly come alive. So little is known about Shakespeare, and I’ve read a...
Fast Company, October 26, 2009
...left for editorial about books. Columbia University has even cancelled its course on book reviewing, given by critic James Shapiro. There was too little demand for it. Naturally, there are survivors. But The New York Times Sunday Book Review seems...
Huffington Post, August 19, 2009
...settlement have their way. Who knows how many more years all that scholarship will be condemned to limbo. James Shapiro is Professor of English at Columbia University. He also serves on the Council of the Authors Guild. His next book -- Contested Will:...
TheaterMania, August 15, 2009
...and Michael Cumpsty presenting the correspondence of poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell (April 19 at 8pm), and James Shapiro, author of Contested Will: The Shakespeare Authorship Conspiracy (May 2 at 11am). Other authors who will appear at the...
TheaterMania, August 15, 2009
...and Michael Cumpsty presenting the correspondence of poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell (April 19 at 8pm), and James Shapiro, author of Contested Will: The Shakespeare Authorship Conspiracy (May 2 at 11am). Other authors who will appear at the...
bookofjoe, December 20, 2009
...« 'Refill Required' T-Shirt |Home | The entire universe in the palm of your hand » December 20, 2009 'The 10 Best Years That Are Books' Laurence Hughes ,  writing in the December 18, 2009 Huffington Post, chose these: 1. "1421: The Year China...
mediabistro.com: GalleyCat, October 1, 2009
...Valley'--and her staff has been dismissed." On the other side of the country, Columbia English professor James Shapiro has put his book reviewing seminar for undergraduates on "infinite hiatus." Blaming the rapidly-eroding pay scale for book reviewers...
The Bwog, September 30, 2009
...and Roti Roll ("Late-Night Munchies"). The Observer , on the other hand, reports much heavier news . English Department heavy-hitter James Shapiro has canceled his legendary seminar "The Book Review," which aimed to teach future literary critics the art...