Monthly Archives: October 2020

Scott Atlas’s Miracle Covid Cure

Radiologist Scott Atlas has Trump’s ear about Covid, with disastrous implications. Perhaps he thinks he’s Charles Atlas or the Atlas in “Atlas Shrugged.”

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Biden-Trump Invites Dickens Comparisons

If one thinks of the 2020 election in Dickensian terms, several novels come to mind.

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Berryman Predicted Trump’s America

Berryman’s “Dream Song 46” is an unsettling description of today’s America.

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The Soul Longs to Return Whence It Came

Richard Eberhart’s “Soul Longs to Return Whence It Came” is a meditation up death and nature.

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Glück: Teen Sex, Rape and Persephone

Louise Glück’s “Persephone the Wanderer” is a nuanced exploration of teenage sex and rape that goes in some unexpected directions.

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Lebron Held the Sky Suspended

The Lakers signed Lebron James and two years later have a championship. While some see him as a mercenary, A.E. Housman has good things to say about mercenaries.

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Think of Amy Coney Barrett as Aunt Lydia

Given Amy Comey Barrett’s rightwing positions on abortion, healthcare, and LGBTQ rights, she can be compared to Aunt Lydia in Atwood’s “Handmaid’s Tale.”

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Questionnaire for Book Lovers

A questionnaire for Book Lovers.

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I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Lied

Monday A poem came readily to mind as I watched the moment, during last week’s vice-presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, when a fly nestled in Pence’s hair and remained there for a full two minutes. As one Dickinson-quoting wag put it, “I heard a fly buzz when I lied.” But that’s not […]

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