Tag Archives: Paradise

“Paradise” Explains Nichols Killing

By Robin Bates | Published: January 30, 2023

Toni Morrison’s “Paradise” helps explain why Black policemen would carry out the horrific killing of Tyre Nichols.

By Robin Bates | Published: August 4, 2021

Hummingbirds are simultaneously beautiful and terrifying, as D. H. Lawrence points out.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 13, 2021

Some Christian see a clash between sex and love. Dante and Milton found ways to reconcile them.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 31, 2016

The rage against Hillary Clinton is probably the result of primal male fears. Toni Morrison captures such male fear and rage in her novel “Paradise.”