Show notes
Get ready for some perfect hot takes on today’s episode of F***ing Shakepeare with freelancer Catherine Baab-Muguira. She looks behind the curtain at the self-appointed guardians of the world of culture, celebrates indulging a rabbit hole of eccentric ideas as a freelancer, and we all have a laugh about how her outstanding personal essay on her highlights helped propel her career.* Plus, we endlessly appreciate Cat for being real with us about writing, success, and mental illness as she crowns Poe, word for word, “the most likely self-help guru in history.”Check out more of Cat’s work on her website, her Contently page, and her Twitter. Cat’s essays that we discussed in the podcast:“Edgar Allan Poe Was a Broke-Ass Freelancer” in The Millions“Buy All Your Furniture at Target, For Tomorrow We Die” in The Billfold“I Spent $11,537 Becoming a Blonde” in The Cut“The Seductive Scamming of Theranos’s Elizabeth Holmes” in shondaland Suggested Reads & Honorable MentionsTigers are Better-Looking by Jean Rhys“Like This or Die” by Christian Lorentzen in Harper’s Magazine (we discuss this article at 10:55)“The Literati of New York City” by Edgar Allan Poe“The Raven” by Edgar Allan PoeJ.W. Ostrom’s works on Edgar Allan Poe’s lettersElizabeth Holmes’s net worth according to Forbes *Please note, we went out of our way not to say “highlight of her career.” You’re welcome for the lack of bad puns.