This was a really interesting historical nonfiction book about Shakespeare. It had everything that I was hoping for about the theme of the book. It was what I was expecting and was really well researched. I enjoyed the way Will Tosh wrote this and can’t wait for more.

I loved learning about Shakespeare throughout my life so I was very intrigued to learn about the queer life he led, this book was very informative and easy to read.

thanks to NetGalley for the eARC

⭐️=5 | 😘=5 | 🤬=4 | ⚔️=4 | 18+

summary: what it says in the title (homosocial early modern environments + gay poems + gay Romans inspiring gay poems + analyzing early modern gay poets and their work and their misogyny also and what it says about their culture at large et cetera)

thoughts: iconic. necessary. so informative and delightful and queer and perfectly nerdy?? like this scratched an inexplicable itch in my brain and now I want a queer biography of all my favorite classic authors.