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Author Archives: Robin Bates
On Pompeii, Hiroshima, and an Uncertain Future
A 1962 Richard Tillinghast poem remembering Hiroshima and fearing for the world’s future.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged “Poem on the Nuclear War from Pompeii", Atom bomb, DJT, nuclear warfare, Richard Tillinghast Comments closed
Recognize Anyone in García Márquez’s Dictator?
García Márquez’s Autumn of the Patriarch captures the loneliness and private misery of a dictator seeking absolute power. DJT should take note.
Sonia and Sunny Meet the U.S. Caste System
Desai’s novel “Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny” brilliantly lays out how new immigrants respond to America’s racial caste system.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Blended, Caste, How the irish Became White, Isabel Wilkerson, Kiran Desai, Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, Post-Colonial Literature, Sharon Draper Comments closed
Feminists Rethinking The Odyssey
Feminist authors who have rethought the Odyssey.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Penelope", “Circe’s Grief", “Circe’s Power", Carol Ann Duffy, Christopher Nolan, Circe, Circe Mud Poems, Daniel Mendelsohn, Homer, Louise Glück, Madeline Miller, Margaret Atwood, Odyssey Comments closed
Chaucer & Mary Oliver on Loaves and Fishes
Chaucer’s Wife of Bath and Mary Oliver both have interesting takes on the loaves and fishes story. Their two interpretations are not as far apart as it first seems.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Fish", “Logos", Chaucer, Loaves and fishes miracle, Mary Oliver, Wife of Bath Comments closed
Race Politics and the Greek Classics
In a Atlantic article, Adam Serwer exposes the racists who attack Nolan’s “Odyssey” for not being white enough.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Adam Serwer, ancient Greece, Christopher Nolan, Odyssey Comments closed
Lit Studies a Hotbed of Radicalism? Nah
In which I take on a report accusing humanities and English professors of being too political.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged David Mamet, Glengarry Glen Ross, Kwame Anthony Appiah, literary studies Comments closed
Nolan’s Odyssey—The Book Is Better
In which I contrast Homer’s Odyssey with Chris Nolan’s, concluding that I like the book better.