Michelle Ephraim is a Professor of English at Worcester Polytehcnic Institute. She’s the author of Reading the Jewish Woman on the Elizabethan Stage and co-author of Shakespeare, Not Stirred: Cocktails for Your Everyday Dramas. Her essays have appeared in The Washington Post, Lilith, Tikkun, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and other venues. She lives in Boston with her husband and four children.