Oberon Shakespeare Study Group

William Niederkorn, who has written previously on the Shakespeare Authorship Question in many publications, including the New York Times recently reviewed the new book, Dating Shakespeare's Plays , published by Parapress in England for the De Vere Society. His review appeared in the Brooklyn Rail and a link to the online version (I don't know how long the link will be active) is http://www.brooklynrail.org/2011/04/books/the-shakespeare-chronology-recalibrated The book may be ordered directly from Parapress for $43 ( http://www.parapress.co.uk/ ).

Oberon Canadian correspondent and Shakespeare authorship expert Lynne Kositsky sends us this update on f ormer  New York Times  editor William S. Niederkorn's   review of James Shapiro's Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?,  "Absolute Will"  in the April 2010 edition of  The Brooklyn Rail: Critical Perspectives on Arts, Politics and Culture . Kositsky says: The truth is getting out! William Niederkorn's review of Shapiro's book has received another, and bigger, boost. It has been posted by Critical Mass, the Blog of the National Book Critics Circle Board of Directors, as an NBCC Featured Review: William S. Niederkorn on Contested Will by James Shapiro. This news has been picked up and relayed by a number of other book news observers. Here are the ones I've noticed so far: http://content.usatoday.com/ topics/article/People/ Politicians,+Government+ Officials,+Strategists/U.S.+ Representatives/John+Hall/ 0ekE6Lk1tDcdA/1 http://book-reviews.ma...