Monthly Archives: June 2013

Blow Out Your Candles, No Darkness

By Robin Bates | Published: June 12, 2013

This Richard Wilbur poem has fun kidding the poet’s esoteric friend.

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Shakespeare for Psychologists

By Robin Bates | Published: June 11, 2013

Comic relief: one-liners about what Shakespeare’s plays say about you.

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Big Brother Is Data Mining You

By Robin Bates | Published: June 10, 2013

The government”s Prism data-mining program predictably brings Orwell’s “1984” to mind.

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Your One Wild and Precious Life

By Robin Bates | Published: June 9, 2013

Mary Oliver’s celebration of summer is a prayer operates as a prayer of gratitude.

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Spurs’ Ball Movement Like a Poem

By Robin Bates | Published: June 8, 2013

A Robert Herrick poem describing a woman’s silks also describes the San Antonio Spurs’ ball movement.

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Teaching Lit as a Public Mission

By Robin Bates | Published: June 7, 2013

Teaching at a public liberal arts colleges shapes has influenced how I approach literature.

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Let the Season of Summer Reading Begin!

By Robin Bates | Published: June 6, 2013

A 5th century poem by T’ao Ch’ien paints a moment of perfect happiness. It involves settling down with a good book.

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Scandal? Nothing but a Pack of Cards

By Robin Bates | Published: June 5, 2013

Like Lewis Carroll’s Queen of Hearts, GOP investigation committees want verdict first, trial afterwards.

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Fanny Burney Bolsters Young People

By Robin Bates | Published: June 4, 2013

Fanny Burney’s “Evelina” is still very relevant to the lives of young people.

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