Monthly Archives: July 2021

Jan. 6 Reenacted “Julius Caesar”

By Robin Bates | Published: July 28, 2021

In certain ways, January 6 was a reenactment of “Julius Caesar.” Trump supporters, however, were more Cassius than Brutus.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 27, 2021

In the grip of an arid intellect resulting in depression, philosopher John Stuart Mill turned to poetry.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 26, 2021

To move from Jo Nesbo’s Nordic Noir to Virginia Woolf is to experience emotional whiplash.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 25, 2021

John Stuart Mill makes an impassioned case for the arts as essential to a liberal arts education–and a fulfilling life.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 24, 2021

Mark Jarman has a simple but powerful poem about Jesus walking on the water.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 22, 2021

The modern Olympics owe a debt to poetry.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 21, 2021

The Romantics saw the literary imagination as a powerful transformational force.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 20, 2021

“Beowulf” is a poem in which a once proud nation sees a dismal future. Should America take note?

By Robin Bates | Published: July 19, 2021

Brecht has as clear an explanation as any as to why gun laws are tilted towards Whites.