Monthly Archives: January 2025

Lit Packs a Powerful Punch

By Robin Bates | Published: January 3, 2025

My book “Better Living through Lit” this past year was only one of several making the case that literature can be social dynamite.

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To Stay Sane in 2025, Read Rasselas

By Robin Bates | Published: January 2, 2025

Johnson’s Rasselas is must reading for those worrying about the next four years.

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On Election Night 2024, The Tempest

By Robin Bates | Published: January 1, 2025

On Election Night 2024, I turned to a subplot in Shakespeare’s “Tempest” to understand what was going on.

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