In which I explore why I love Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew when I was 12.
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Monthly Archives: October 2026
At 12 I Fell in Love with Taming of the Shrew
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A Proposal for Book Banning Parents
Instead of banning books, it would be better if parents would read novels that appeal to their kids and talk about them together.
The Right’s Attacks on Empathy
Rightwing groups have started attacking empathy itself, which literature fosters. Ayn Rand would approve but not Shakespeare.
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The Last Battle: C.S. Lewis on the Afterlife
In which I examine C.S. Lewis’s view of the afterlife, as expressed in The Last Battle.
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Alice Captured My Childhood Anxieties
In which I explore my love affair with Alice in Wonderland as a child.