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Literary canons have come under fire for perpetuating privilege and exclusion. But some artists \u2014 including William Shakespeare and Hamilton\u2019s Lin-Manuel Miranda \u2014 show us how canons can actually build community and democracy.\nGuests:\n\nStephen Greenblatt, Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University and editor of the Norton edition of Shakespeare\u2019s works and the\xa0Norton Anthology of English Literature.\n\nOskar Eustis, artistic director of New York City\u2019s Public Theatre.\n\nJohn Ray Proctor, actor and drama professor at Tulane University.\n\nRory Loughnane, senior lecturer in Early Modern Studies at the University of Kent and associate editor of the\xa0New Oxford Shakespeare.\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices