Gymnast GOAT Biles has a tattoo of a line from Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise” to inspire her.
Author Archives: Robin Bates
Simone Biles Rises
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Mouth-Watering Loaves and Fishes
Liskey’s version of the loaves and fishes sets the miracle at a Depression-era table.
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Biden and Harris as Earthsea Characters
Le Guin’s “Farthest Shore” has insights applicable to the Biden-Harris succession.
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Biden, Macbeth, and Passing the Torch
An MSNBC commentator cited a line from “Macbeth” to characterize Joe Biden’s decision not to run for a second term/
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Shakespeare Stood Up for Immigrants
As Trump and MAGA call for mass deportations, Shakespeare asks us to see the world from the immigrants’ point of view.
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Trump Allies Dream of Unbouncing Tigger
After the shooting, some Trump allies wanted to believe it had softened him. And Rabbit thinks Tigger can be unbounced.
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Beowulf Biden Steps Down
“Beowulf’s understanding of issues around aging leaders helps us negotiate Biden’s campaign withdrawal.
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Hearing the Celestial Voices
Two shepherd poems to mark the shepherd references in today’s lectionary.
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Tourist Reenacts Euripides’s Bacchae
A female tourist in Florence was recently photographed humping a statue of Dionysus. Euripides would understand.
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