A Loren Eiseley passage on seeing his blood put me in mind of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, where Gawain has a similar revelation.
Author Archives: Robin Bates
Akhmatova’s Response to Despair
Ana Akhmatova writes that although horrors threaten us, “cherries blow summer into town.”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Everything Is Plundered", Ana Akhmatova, Gulag, hope, Josef Stalin, Soviet Union Comments closed
Tana French, a Writer for Our Time
Tana French’s novels capture some of the mood engendered by Trumpism.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Donald Trump, Faithful Place, Hunter, Likeness, mysteries, Searcher, Secret Place, Tana French, Trespasser Comments closed
The Pope’s Extraordinary Defense of Lit
St. Francis recently penned an extraordinary defense of literature and why it should be taught in seminaries (and elsewhere).
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged book bans, Index of Prohibited Books, papal letter, Pope Francis Comments closed
Harris as Potter, Biden as Dumbledore
Think of Biden as first Harry Potter and then Dumbledore in the battle against Trump Voldemort.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged C.S. Lewis, Deathly Hallows, Donald Trump, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe Comments closed
What to Make of a Diminished Month
“The Oven Bird” is a good poem to read when one is feeling old.
Is Trump Set to Inherit the Wind?
The way that the Bryan figure deflates in “Inherit the Wind” may prefigure Trump’s demise.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Clarence Darrow, Donald Trump, Election 2024, Inherit the Wind, Jerome Lawrence, Kamala Harris, Robert Edwin Lee, Scopes Monkey Trial, William Jennings Bryan Comments closed
Poetry Brings Us Closer to God
Art is one of the most powerful ways to engage with religious themes.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Windows", Art & Theology, George Herbert, Victoria Emily Jones Comments closed
On Mary Oliver, Joy, and Harris-Walz
Mary Oliver’s tells us to savor joy, which is what many are doing with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Don't Hesitate", Donald Trump, Election 2024, Kamala Harris, Mary Oliver, Tim Walz Comments closed
