On numerous occasions, usually when trapped in the claws of Shakespeare and Emily Brontë, I’ve contemplated starting a book club with my dear friend Sparky Sweets, PhD. We’d sit and drink tea with our ...

Your 10th grade literature teacher announces Hamlet as the next reading assignment and the class groans. Shakespeare sucks. Like anybody can understand what's going on when the characters are ...

Note: This video contains language that some viewers may find offensive. Students of literature have long used SparkNotes and CliffsNotes to help them navigate the tricky plot-lines of the classics.

The new book spin-off of the YouTube hit Thug Notes—Thug Notes: A Street-Smart Guide to Classic Literature, written in character as Sparky Sweets, PhD (played by comedian-actor Greg Edwards)—follows ...

Are you an intellectual thug into classic literature? If so, check out the latest episode of Thug Notes and learn about George Orwell's 1984. Let Sparky Sweets, PhD, drop some knowledge on you.