Monthly Archives: February 2022

A Call to Resist Oppression

By Robin Bates | Published: February 27, 2022

Kaminsky’s poem “We Living Happily During the War,” while not written for the Russian invasion, could well be applied to it–and to ourselves.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 27, 2022

In Mark Jarman’s version of the transfiguration, Jesus initially resists the call and it is through his resistance that he is transfigured.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 24, 2022

In an attempt to shame the Russian invaders, the Ukraine president cited a popular Russian poem.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 23, 2022

In Matthew Pearl’s 19th century murder mystery “Dante Club,” translating Dante is dangerous business.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 22, 2022

Putin has certain resemblances to Orwell’s Napoleon (in “Animal Farm”), who was modeled on Stalin–whom Putin seeks to emulate.

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By Robin Bates | Published: February 21, 2022

While not as bad as fascists for censoring reading materials, leftwing purists present their own problems.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 20, 2022

I’m currently into cutting wood. Frost offers some cautions.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 19, 2022

In her poem “White Owl Flies Into and Out of the Field,” Mary Oliver finds a reassuring image of death.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 17, 2022

Lewis Carroll and George Orwell made an appearance in the real estate case against the Trumps.