In “Tinkers,” Paul Harding talks about the spiritual meaning of the aches and pains in a cold morning.
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Ravens Say “Nevermore” to Opponents
The Baltimore Ravens may be the only professional team named after a poem. The words fit the team.
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Reading to Feel Accepted in a Strange Land
Last year, when the book discussion group that I moderate was participating in America’s Big Read program, I was referred to this essay written for the occasion by the Indian-American literary critic Parul Sehgal, an editor at The New York Times Book Review. I particularly like how she describes feeling accepted by books, even though she […]
Readers Hold the Key to a Book’s Meaning
Increasingly scholars are looking at what books do to us and what we do to books.
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“Vanity Fair” Explains AIG’s Ingratitude
AIG may join a suit against the government for the “onerous terms” of the 2008 bailout, making relevant a Thackeray portrayal of ingratitude.
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Right Wing, Incompetent Hostage Takers?
The GOP holding the debt ceiling hostage could end just as badly as the kidnapping plot in “Ransom of Red Chief.”
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George Knightley as a GOP Moderate
Mr. Knightley chastises Emma because she undermines their class superiority. The GOP establishment is worried about something similar.
Uncontrollable Mystery on the Bestial Floor
A Yeats poem about the Magi helps us transition out of Christmas and back into our work lives.
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If They Lose, Irish Can Turn to Poetry
Even if they lose the national championship game, the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame have Ireland’s poetic legacy to fall back on.
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