For years we have been awaiting for our own Godot, which is to say, justice for Trump. Perhaps Godot has finally shown up.
Monthly Archives: March 2023
Donald Trump and Waiting for Justice
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The English Major in Crisis
Is the English major dying and, if so, why. A “New Yorker” article probes the reasons for enrollment declines in the humanities.
This Time, Grendel Chooses Nashville
With another mass shooting, this one closer to home, I once again invoke “Beowulf.”
Faulkner: Racist in Life, Not in Fiction
In life, Faulkner was a racist. In his fiction, he deconstructed racism brilliantly.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Dry September, lynching, Michael Gorra, racism, Saddest Words, segregation, William Faulkner Comments closed
Eliot’s Search for Hope in Dry Bones
T.S. Eliot conveys his spiritual desolation in “Waste Land” with references to Ezekiel’s dry bones. But, in the end, there’s a faint sign of hope.
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Subsisting in Layla’s Subsistence
In this Ramadan poem, the Algerian Sufi mystic Ahmad al-Alawi uses erotic imagery to capture the relationship between humans and God.
Faulkner’s Sanctuary, Trump’s Charges
Reading Sanctuary while awaiting a Trump indictment is a good counterweight to facile optimism. In Faulkner’s world, the courts can’t save us.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Cormac McCarthy, Donald Trump, Flannery O'Connor, Justice, Sanctuary, Toni Morrison, Trump indictments, William Faulkner Comments closed
