Monthly Archives: July 2014

Why the Wealthy Get Wealthier

By Robin Bates | Published: July 22, 2014

Thomas Piketty turns to Jane Austen and Honoré de Balzac to analyze “Capitalism in the 21st Century.”

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The Children’s Hour, Pros and Cons

By Robin Bates | Published: July 21, 2014

Longfellow’s “Children’s Hour” may be overly sentimental but, as I played with my grandson, I found myself not caring.

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A Divine Stairway of Sharp Angles

By Robin Bates | Published: July 20, 2014

Levertov uses to story of Jacob’s Ladder to describe the miracle of poetry.

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Strong in Will vs. Time & Fate

By Robin Bates | Published: July 19, 2014

Roger Feder, like Tennyson’s “Ulysses,” braved time and fate and came up just short.

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The Tiny Rituals that Make a Marriage

By Robin Bates | Published: July 18, 2014

Alice McDermott in “Someone” captures the small rituals and routines that make up a marriage.

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Silko Foretells the “Brown Surge” North

By Robin Bates | Published: July 17, 2014

Silko’s “Almanac of the Dead” foretells the “brown surge” of refugees crossing into the United States.

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In Praise of Light Summer Reading

By Robin Bates | Published: July 16, 2014

This Scott Bates imagines a nightingale relaxing into summer reading.

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Whisky, an Ethereal Marchioness

By Robin Bates | Published: July 15, 2014

Muriel Barbery’s ecstatic descriptions of food in “Gourmet Rhapsody” enhance our eating experiences.

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Deutschland über Alles

By Robin Bates | Published: July 14, 2014

In honor of Germany’s World Cup victory, here is the poem that serves as the foundation of their national anthem

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