MAGA’s increasingly violent rhetoric fits a long American tradition of regeneration through violence.
Monthly Archives: August 2023
MAGA & Regeneration thru Violence
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Belarus Bans 19th Century Poet
Belarus, fearing revolt against its authoritarian leader, has banned a key 19th century Belarusian poet.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Adam Mickiewicz, Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus, Pan Tadeusz, Vincent Dunin-Martsinkevich Comments closed
Bluest Eye and Ohio’s Abortion Politics
Morison’s “Bluest Eye” functions as an implicit rebuke of the Ohio legislature’s attack on abortion.
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Fani Willis’s Big Baggy Monster
The Georgia Trump indictment is like a “big baggy monster” whereas Jack Smith’s narrower indictment is like a Flaubert novel.
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“Beowulf” on Why Demagogues Arise
A recent study says sorrow as much as anger led to the rise of Trump. But Beowulf teaches us that the two are related (Grendel and Grendel’s mother).
New Monument Protected against Witchery
The new Ancestral Footprints National Monument closes the land to uranium mining. Leslie Marmon Silko should be glad.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Ancestral Footprints National Monument, atomic bomb, Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni, Ceremony, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Joe Biden, Leslie Marmon Silko, uranium mining, witchery, World War II Comments closed
On Leonard Cohen’s Suzanne
Cohen’s “Suzanne” is a poem about spiritual searching.
