A comic exercise imagining how a teenage John Roberts would interpret various classics.
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Author Archives: Robin Bates
How Roberts Might Rewrite the Classics
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged 1984, Anna Karenina, Christmas Carol, Don Quixote, Huckleberry Finn, John Roberts, Jungle, Lolita, Modest Proposal, Narrative of Sojourner Truth, Oliver Twist, Othello, Pride and Prejudice, Scarlet Letter, Supreme Court, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Tom Jones Leave a comment
Bivouac of the Dead
O’Hara’s “Bivouac of the Dead” does more honor to the military dead that would a vast triumphal arch.
Pentecost in Prince Caspian
Powerful images of Pentecost appear in both Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian.
On Losing My Father
On remembering my father following his death.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged “Boy with the Golden Crown", Everything that Rises Must Converge, Flannery O'Connor, Scott Bates Comments closed
A GOP Pol Pays for Relinquishing the Ring
Tom Massie once warned quoted Tolkien on the corrupting nature of power. Unfortunately, Republicans enamored with power yesterday booted him from the House.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Donald Trump, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Power, Tom Massie Comments closed
The 100 Greatest Novels (or Not)
In which I discuss the Guardian’s recent “100 Best Novels of All Time.”
Leo: Reading Trumps Reductive Views of Reality
Pope Leo recently called for reading books, which he said is “an antidote to closed-mindedness, which manifests in rigid attitudes and reductive views of reality.”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Elsa Morante, Pope Francis, Pope Leo, William Wordsworth, World Saved by Kids Comments closed
Intimate with Heaven, as Light
Ascension poems by Donne, Vaughan, and Guite emphasize how, through Jesus, we touch the numinous.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Ascension", "Sonnet for Ascension Day", Crown, Henry Vaughan, John Donne, Malcolm Guite Comments closed