People are now rushing forth to reveal Trump secrets–like the oysters in “The Walrus and the Carpenter.”
Monthly Archives: October 2019
And Thick and Fast, They Came at Last
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Trump Uses Genocidal Language
Trump’s use of the language of ethnic cleansing regarding the Kurds is not new. Clifton’s poem about cockroaches shows how dangerous it is.
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Cheer and Tune My Heartless Breast
About prayer, Jesus at one point said to pay as though you are a desperate widow before an indifferent judge. Much of Herbert’s poetry sees God in this light.
Connecticut Yankee in Northern Syria
Trump empty threats in the middle East are anticipated by Mark Twain in “Connecticut Yankee.” In fact, the novel captures well our adventures in the Middle East.
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Using Fiction to Imagine a Bright Future
Edward Bellamy’s “Looking Backward” is dated but can still get people to imagine new possibilities.
The Anxiety of Harold Bloom
The late Harold Bloom longed to be a Samuel Johnson but never got there.
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“Et Tu, Brute!”–Betraying the Kurds
Which Shakespeare play best captures Trump’s betrayal of the Kurds? Julius Caesar, perhaps, for pathos, Othello for the cold-blooded way it was done.
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Let Us Sail into the Promise of the Day
E. A. Robinson’s “Children of the Night” finds spiritual hope in a dark world.
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