Ted Lasso ends season four with a VoiceOver reciting Mary Oliver’s “When Death Comes.” I explore why.
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Author Archives: Robin Bates
Ted Lasso and Mary Oliver??
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The Golden Calf, a Multicultural Ideal
A rabbi poet rethinks the golden calf story as a celebration of multiculturalism in the face of ethnic nationalism.
At 12 I Fell in Love with Taming of the Shrew
In which I explore why I love Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew when I was 12.
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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 Attacking Empathy? Read King Lear
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.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Afterlife, Amber Spyglass, C.S. Lewis, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Last Battle, life after death, Philip Pullman Leave a comment
Alice Captured My Childhood Anxieties
In which I explore my love affair with Alice in Wonderland as a child.