Monthly Archives: November 2022

The Ecstasy of Flight

By Robin Bates | Published: November 30, 2022

Returning to the States, I am put in mind of flying images in Morrison’s “Song of Solomon” and Magee’s poem “High Flight.”

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My Slovenian Lit Classes

By Robin Bates | Published: November 29, 2022

I list the classes I taught at the University of Ljubljana this past month.

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The Annual Maple Dance

By Robin Bates | Published: November 28, 2022

Scott Bates’s “Maple Dance” never gets old.

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Philosophy Discusses Fearless Speech

By Robin Bates | Published: November 27, 2022

Foucault uses Euripides to describe what the Greeks meant by “fearless speech.” Such speech is important is standing up to authoritarians today.

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Quick! – The Gates Are Drawn Apart

By Robin Bates | Published: November 26, 2022

A C.S. Lewis poem that captures Advent longing.

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On Black Friday, Stay Focused

By Robin Bates | Published: November 25, 2022

In “Ceremony,” Leslie Marmon Silko warns what can happen if we let commercialization blind us to our real gifts. It’s a good lesson for Black Friday.

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Gratitude, as Explained by Milton

By Robin Bates | Published: November 23, 2022

Visiting Milton’s hymns of gratitude in “Paradise Lost” are one way of celebrating Thanksgiving.

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Awed by the Alps

By Robin Bates | Published: November 22, 2022

Visiting the Slovenian Alps got me thinking of Wordsworth approaching the mountain range further west. Our experience was less foreboding.

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Moby Dick and The Whale (2022 Movie Version)

By Robin Bates | Published: November 21, 2022

In the 2022 film “The Whale,” and English professor searching for authenticity finds it in a childhood essay on “Moby Dick.”

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