In an excerpt from "Straight Acting," @willtosh.bsky.social tells the story of Richard Barnfield's meteoric rise in literary London in the 1590s and how his groundbreaking poetry influenced Shakespeare's sonnets. Read the full excerpt: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
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