About this episode

Josh interviews Caroline Bicks about her work and insights on Stephen King and Shakespeare.

Josh is back with another interview episode as Paternity Leave comes to a close! Caroline Bicks is an internationally recognized Shakespeare scholar, the inaugural Stephen E. King Chair in Literature at the University of Maine, a contributor to The New York Times and NPR’s All Things Considered , co-host of the Webby-honored Everyday Shakespeare podcast, and co-author of Shakespeare, Not Stirred . Tune is as they discuss Stephen King, Shakespeare, and her new book; Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King !  Visit the links below for more Caroline Bicks: https://carolinebicks.com/ https://carolinebicks.com/books/monsters-in-the-archives/ https://carolinebicks.com/podcast/ https://www.instagram.com/carolinebicks

People in this episode

Host: Josh

Guest: Caroline Bicks

Topics covered

• interview
• Stephen King
• Shakespeare
• literature
• books
• academic discussion

Keywords

• Stephen King
• Caroline Bicks
• Shakespeare
• literature
• Monsters in the Archives
• Everyday Shakespeare
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Maine, The New York Times, NPR

Books & works: Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King, Everyday Shakespeare

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