462 My Last Book (with Laurie Frankel)
The History of Literature
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Is Hamlet the Greatest Play Ever Written?
Hamlet to me always stands out as, I mean, it might be the greatest play ever written or one of the greatest works in the history of Western civilization and so on. It's got imperfections, but there's room for the reader. There is something for every part of life, including death in Shakespeare's words. The important thing is to move outside of ourselves, our own individual tragedies as it were, and see a common humanity.
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