Round-Up: Shakespeare, Joe Biden, and North Korean Fiction
From a newly discovered source of Shakespeare scholarship to a collection of North Korean short stories, here’s the latest literary news.
Joe Biden
The Best Short Story I Read in a Lit Mag This Week: “Constant Worth” by Jon Willer
Over the last few years, Vice President Joe Biden has popularized the refrain, “Show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” As the title suggests, the dark, epistolary comedy “Constant Worth” by Jon Willer (Paper Darts) explores the values shown through personal economics, both in the present and historically. The story begins with…