In an essay calling Chinese activist Chow Hang Tung “the Antigone of Hong Kong,” Wendy Gan compares herself to Ismene.
Monthly Archives: January 2024
Are You an Antigone or an Ismene?
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged activism, Antigone, authoritarianism, Chinese repression, Chow Hang Tung, Hong Kong, Oedipus in Colonus, political dissent, Power of the Powerless, Sophocles, Tiananmen Square, Vaclav Havel Comments closed
A Cold Coming We Had of It
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The Dream of Acting with Impunity
In thinking he can act with total impunity, Trump echoes H.G. Wells’s Invisible Man.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged acting with impunity, Donald Trump, H.G. Wells, Invisible Man, presidential immunity Comments closed
SCOTUS’s Return to The Jungle
The rightwing Supreme Court is threatening to gut the regulatory agencies, set in motion years ago by a novel (Sinclair’s “Jungle”).
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Loper Bright v Raimondo, regulatory agencies, Supreme Court, Thom Hartmann Comments closed
Oliver: With Intense Cold Comes Honesty
Mary Oliver says that cold can force us to get real.
The Wonder of First Snow
Mary Oliver captures the wonder of a first snowfall.
The Stable Is Our Heart
L’Engle’s “Into the Darkest Hour” promises hope when everything is falling apart.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Into the Darkest Hour", Christ's birth, Epiphany, Madeleine L'Engle Comments closed
Florida School Pulls Paradise Lost
A Florida County has pulled “Paradise Lost” from the shelves. It’s true that the work has “sexual content.”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Bacchae, Book banning, canon wars, censorship, Euripides, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Ron DeSantis, Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison Comments closed
