A 1962 Richard Tillinghast poem remembering Hiroshima and fearing for the world’s future.
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Monthly Archives: August 2026
Recognize Anyone in García Márquez’s Dictator?
García Márquez’s Autumn of the Patriarch captures the loneliness and private misery of a dictator seeking absolute power. DJT should take note.
Sonia and Sunny Meet the U.S. Caste System
Desai’s novel “Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny” brilliantly lays out how new immigrants respond to America’s racial caste system.
Feminists Rethinking The Odyssey
Feminist authors who have rethought the Odyssey.
Chaucer & Mary Oliver on Loaves and Fishes
Chaucer’s Wife of Bath and Mary Oliver both have interesting takes on the loaves and fishes story. Their two interpretations are not as far apart as it first seems.
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