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Shakespeare wrote at a unique historical turning point: the world was understood through poetry -- rather than through the science of observing it. In Shakespeare Beyond Science: When Poetry Was the World, Sky Gilbert's radical new research locates Shakespeare as a disciple of the Greek rhetorician Hermogenes, and a student of the Neo-Platonist Johannes Sturm. No, not just another 'interpretation' of the meaning of Shakespeare's work. Instead, a radical approach to Shakespeare as magician and rhetorician, as a post-structuralist, more concerned with form than content, and confident of the dangerous magical power of words not only to persuade but to construct our consciousness.

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MY ADDICTION is one one of the funniest and most honest films about fag compulsion this side of the Ganges. - The San Francisco Bay Times Sky Gilbert's second feature is a step up the professional ladder from his first - Variety Inspired by Barbara Pym's comedic tales of quiet life in the British countryside, Sky Gilbert's latest work is uproarious, touching, and poignant. - Carly Maga, Torontoist The truth is, Sky Gilbert has more theatrical flair in his little finger than anybody else in the Toronto scene....It is a measure of Sky Gilbert's theatrical genius -- The Globe and Mail Gilbert has spoken eloquently about society's persecution and misunderstanding of non-conformity- and that's a theme that goes beyond the specifics of homosexuality. -- The Toronto Star It is the best book I've read this year, one of the most interesting books I've ever encountered. -- Barcza Gilbert has a real gift for explaining complicated intellectual ideas with conviction and clarity, and for keeping his prose cheerful - however deep he burrows. Frances Yates had that too. -- Alexander Waugh, author of The House of Wittgenstein

MY ADDICTION is one one of the funniest and most honest films about fag compulsion this side of the Ganges. - The San Francisco Bay Times Sky Gilbert's second feature is a step up the professional ladder from his first - Variety Inspired by Barbara Pym's comedic tales of quiet life in the British countryside, Sky Gilbert's latest work is uproarious, touching, and poignant. - Carly Maga, Torontoist

MY ADDICTION is one one of the funniest and most honest films about fag compulsion this side of the Ganges. - The San Francisco Bay Times Sky Gilbert's second feature is a step up the professional ladder from his first Variety Inspired by Barbara Pym's comedic tales of quiet life in the British countryside, Sky Gilbert's latest work is uproarious, touching, and poignant.? Carly Maga, Torontoist ? review of A Few Brittle Leaves The truth is, Sky Gilbert has more theatrical flair in his little finger than anybody else in the Toronto scene....It is a measure of Sky Gilbert's theatrical genius..... -The Toronto Globe and Mail re: LOLA STARR A guarded celebration of otherness...I am haunted by the line Dream no more and you shall live for ever. -The London Times re: TEN RUMINATIONS On an Elegy Attributed to William Shakespeare Gilbert has spoken eloquently about society's persecution and misunderstanding of non-conformity- and that's a theme that goes beyond the specifics of homosexuality. -The Toronto Star re: DRAG QUEENS ON TRIAL Gilbert's prose (which has always been Salingeresque) skips along as smartly and readably as ever. ...the authorial presence that pervades other Gilbert monologues and performances continues to provoke and compel in this one - (re: Brother Dumb) The Globe and Mail As gay literature, An English Gentleman reaches out to a wider audience, allowing the outsider in for tea and empathy with a celibate homosexual man, quaint beyond belief. - Montreal Gazette Guilty is pleasure...fabulous. - The Village Voice Gilbert is a world class rambler...nothing but entertaining. - The Toronto Star re: Guilty Re: Sad Old Faggot ?The indefatigable Gilbert ? co-founder of the Toronto gay theatre company Buddies in Bad Times, author of 60 plays, seven novels ? joins Karl Ove Knausgaard and Sheila Heti with his take on autobiographical fiction . . . Gilbert, at 62, is in good form, entertaining, brave and deliberately shocking.? ? Toronto Star [A] strange, prurient, and frequently hilarious book that straddles, no pun intended, the banalities of the everyday (relationship woes, self-doubt and loathing, insatiable desire) and the theatrics of farce.? ? Hamilton Review of Books As for the state of gay literature today, Gilbert ? whose writing in Sad Old Faggot remains as mutinous, humorous, and articulate as his public persona ? encourages young writers to take risks.? ? Quill & Quire Buy it for the cringe-making revelations, stay for the laughs.? ? Queer Toronto blog [Sad Old Faggot] is an exhilarating experiment that rewards the reader with laughter, anger, and a sense of just how important Gilberts' work is.? ? Drew Rowsome's blog Gilbert is abrasive and unapologetic, and anyone who's experienced his work or personality knows this already. If you're up for that, you may find something special buried underneath all the grump.? ? Broken Pencil Suffice to say, by its title alone, Sad Old Faggot is bound to upset a lot of people, which should be enough to make it a worthy read. Luckily, it's also insightful, honest, and profanely funny.? ? Corey Redekop's blog

MY ADDICTION is one one of the funniest and most honest films about fag compulsion this side of the Ganges. -- The San Francisco Bay Times Sky Gilbert's second feature is a step up the professional ladder from his first -- Variety Inspired by Barbara Pym's comedic tales of quiet life in the British countryside, Sky Gilbert's latest work is uproarious, touching, and poignant. -- Carly Maga, Torontoist The truth is, Sky Gilbert has more theatrical flair in his little finger than anybody else in the Toronto scene....It is a measure of Sky Gilbert's theatrical genius -- The Globe and Mail Gilbert has spoken eloquently about society's persecution and misunderstanding of non-conformity- and that's a theme that goes beyond the specifics of homosexuality. -- The Toronto Star It is the best book I've read this year, one of the most interesting books I've ever encountered. -- Barcza Gilbert has a real gift for explaining complicated intellectual ideas with conviction and clarity, and for keeping his prose cheerful -- however deep he burrows. Frances Yates had that too. -- Alexander Waugh, author of The House of Wittgenstein

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