Welcome, listeners, to the first episode of Season 5, in which we’ll be taking a deep dive into Shakespeare’s texts with various scintillating minds! In this episode, I talk with David Sterling Brown about his book, Shakespeare’s White Others; we explore who the white other is, crossing the intraracial colour line, the decomposition of white masculinity, and much, much more. Dr. David Sterling Brown, Associate Professor of English at Trinity College, is author of Shakespeare’s White Others and the forthcoming Hood Pedagogy: Teaching Shakespeare from Within —both with Cambridge University Press. Brown has published numerous peer-reviewed and public-facing articles, most recently an article in The Conversation, and he has delivered myriad invited talks since joining the profession in 2015. In 2023, he launched his “Visualizing Race Virtually” art exhibition that showcases 39 Folger Library digital images. You can access his virtual-reality art gallery and explore his contributions to the humanities at www.DavidSterlingBrown.com. In addition to being a member of the Race Before Race Executive Board, he sits on the editorial boards for Shakespeare Bulletin and Shakespeare Survey and he is an American Shakespeare Center Board of Trustees member. Brown is also a Curatorial Team member for The Racial Imaginary Institute, founded by Claudia Rankine. You can find David on Twitter at @_theBrownprint_ and on Instagram at @BrownprintLLC. Enjoy!