A Robert Burns poem to remember those we have lost. Happy All Souls’ Day.
Monthly Archives: October 2019
A Day for Remembering
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Feuding Beats Shrew-Taming
“Taming of the Shrew” may have set the stage for the far more egalitarian “Much Ado about Nothing,” which launched the feuding couples comedy.
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Feuding Couples Comedy
I have just begun teaching a “Feuding Couples Comedy” course. “Much Ado about Nothing” remains the quintessential example of the genre.
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Finding God in the Home
Jean Toomer’s “The Gods Are Here” knows that God is to be found as much in the home as on a mountaintop.
Our Annual Autumnal Striptease
A Scott Bates poem about autumn’s annual striptease.
Damn Yankees! Oops, I Mean Astros
Washington almost got to play New York in the baseball world series, which would have brought up “Damn Yankees” and the Faustus story. I reflect on that story anyway.
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