At the American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Conference, if you run over your time, you are literally forced to exit, pursued by a bear.
The bear can and will take your paper from you to shut you up.
The bear can and will take your paper from you to shut you up.
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Hildur Knútsdóttir
I could not tell you how often I have done readings with male writers who go way over the allotted time limit, biting into other people's reading time or making the event last way longer than it was supposed to.
But the worst ones are the ones who go: "I'll just read until someone stops me."
But the worst ones are the ones who go: "I'll just read until someone stops me."
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I’ve never done a gender split on who gets cut off more, but I bet that would be… interesting.
(The bear is a grad student in a suit. We protected their identities so no eminient scholars could hold a grudge)
The last minute of my speech was delivered *very* fast and with me looking over my shoulder for the bear!
(I did not get bear’d, but he did wave at me)
https://bsky.app/profile/cassmorriswrites.com/post/3lcvgowowgk2o
(I have told a number of quite famous writers to shut up in my time. Usually phrased far more politely, of course).
Though she wonders why she never gets a speaking role in Shakespeare. She’d rather be lady Macbeth. Or Orphellia.