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Poetry 101: From Shakespeare and Rupi Kaur to Iambic Pentameter and Blank Verse, Everything You Need to Know about Poetry (Adams 101 Series)

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Cassidy Cash interviewed me for this week's edition of her podcast, That Shakespeare Life. For those of you not familiar with her podcast, Cash dives deep each week into the life and times of Shakespeare.

For our episode, we talked about how Shakespeare used iambic pentameter in his plays and why that choice works so well. We had a lively conversation covering two of my favorite subjects - poetry a Read more of this blog post »

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Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life

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The Last Life

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