In “School Boy,” the idea of going to school in summer appalls Blake. He’d be horrified at American start times.
Monthly Archives: August 2022
The Suggestiveness of Peaches
Wednesday Periodically I share comic tweets from my youngest son’s twitter feed because I find them to be hilarious. The above image is Toby repurposing an image (or meme) that has been bouncing around the twitterverse. If you don’t pick up on the literary allusions, I explain them below. In posting it, I’ve given you […]
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The Ballad of Bathtub Gin
In this parody of Kipling’s “Gunga Din,” Scott Bates sings of bathtub gin.
Loving Lit, the Road to Well-Being
In “Rules of Civility,” Towles compares reading Dickens to that first cup of morning coffee.
Jesus: Like a Sage Resolved to His End
Rilke’s poem about da Vinci’s “Last Supper” helps us see the painting anew.
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A Murakami Villain Surfaces in Ukraine
Russia’s atrocities in Ukraine bring to mind Boris the Mankiller in Murakami’s “Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.”
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Is There an End to the Battle of the Sexes?
An excerpt from Rachel Kranz’s unpublished novels helps us negotiate the battle between feminism and patriarchy.
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Trumpism and the Violence Myth
Slotkin says that “the” American myth is regeneration through violence. That myth can be seen in the Western, including in “Lonesome Dove” and “Blood Meridian.”
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