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Lit as a Life Survival Kit

By Robin Bates | Published: February 10, 2022

When I teach literature, I emphasize application first, interpretation second.

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Are We Overanalyzing Trump?

By Robin Bates | Published: May 19, 2019

Monday My son gave me a tough-love talk about my writing at a wedding reception this past Saturday afternoon. We were in Iowa together for my wife’s nephew and Darien took a few moments to express doubts about book he is helping me self-publish. While he is a big supporter of the blog, he worries […]

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Trumpist Masculinity Isn’t Kind to Men

By Robin Bates | Published: November 28, 2016

In a story which is only too timely, the Washington Post recently reported that “sexist men have psychological problems.” Adrienne Rich was talking about this over 60 years ago in poems like “The Knight.”

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