An author recounts how he encountered de factor censorship when trying to publish a novel on Congolese child soldiers.
Monthly Archives: November 2021
When a Novel SHOULD Disturb
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Poetry Soothes Our Restless Feelings
Longfellow’s “Day Is Done” recommends simple poetry for calming restless thoughts.
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Yes, Virginia, Books ARE Dangerous
In a brilliant satiric essay, Petri agrees with reactionary school boards that books are dangerous.
Create Holy Sparks for All Humankind
Two Hanukkah poems, both of which connect the Festival of Lights with light imagery in the creation story.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Hanukkah Prayer for a Time of Darkness", "The Coming of Light", Hanukkah, Mark Strand, Marla Baker Comments closed
Lorde on Our Fury over Racial Killings
Lorde has a poem examining her anger at Whites killing innocent Blacks. It’s a good caution as the Arbery trial nears its end.
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The Arbery Killers, Today’s Slave Catchers
The men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery are like the slave catchers in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Ahmaud Arbery, Fugitive Slave Law, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Kyle Rittenhouse, racism, Uncle Tom's Cabin Comments closed
What Brecht Would Say about Rittenhouse
Monday Kyle Rittenhouse having been found innocent, on grounds of self-defense, after shooting three people, I am repurposing a past post on Bertolt Brecht’s The Exception and the Rule. While the play deals with class rather than racial differences, it still explains why a young White Man avoids consequences in ways a Black man never […]
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