I announce my forthcoming book and contrast it with a similar book–“Dangerous Fictions”–coming out soon.
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Why Fiction Terrifies People
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Beloved, Ben Jonson, Better Living through Literature, book bans, Christopher Marlowe, Dangerous Fictions, Harold Bloom, Hesiod, Homer, Iliad, Lyta Gold, Odyssey, Oscar Wilde, Picture of Dorian Gray, Plato, Toni Morrison, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Immunity for Trump? Bring Back George III
Since the U.S. Supreme Court seems determined to restore monarchy (at least with regard to Trump), here’s a Shelley George III poem.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "England in 1819", Donald Trump, judicial immunity, Percy Shelley, rule of law, Supreme Court Comments closed
Trump’s Debate and Swift’s City Shower
Trump’s torrent of lies in Thursday’s debate brings to mind Swift’s poem “Description of a City Shower.”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Description of a City Shower", Bertolt Brecht, Biden-Trump debate, Donald Trump, Galileo, Heather Cox Richardson, Joe Biden, John Stoehr, Jonathan Swift, Ruth Ben-Ghiat Comments closed
Excess and Deficiency in the Life Force
In “When Fragments Make a Whole,” Lory Hess reflects poetically on Jesus’s healing stories and applies them to our lives.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Love (III)", George Herbert, Jesus's healing ministry, Lory Hess, When Fragments Make a Whole Comments closed
Using Poetry to Mourn a Child
Jonathan Foster recent poetry collection “Indigo: The Color of Grief” powerfully captures the death of his child.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged death of a child, Indigo the Color of Grief, Jonathan Foster, T.S. Eliot, Waste Land Comments closed
The Debate: How Will Trump Fare?
In tonight’s debate, Trump will not have the adulatory audience to which he has become accustomed. Somewhat like Milton’s Satan when he returns to Hell.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman, Donald Trump, John Milton, Paradise Lost Comments closed
The Meaning of Trump’s Shark Fears
Trump’s anxiety about sharks can be understood through an examination of “Jaws.”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Carl Jung, Donald Trump, Jaws, Jungian psychology, Peter Benchley, sharks, Sigmund Freud Comments closed
Trump’s VP? Lady Bracknell Knows
How will Trump pick his V-P? As Lady Bracknell picks suitors for her daughter in “Importance of Being Earnest.”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged 2025 Plan, America's oligarchs, Donald Trump, Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde, vice-president selection Comments closed
D.H. Lawrence’s Egotistical Jesus
In which I explore Lawrence’s ideas about focusing on self, not others.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Bertolt Brecht, D.H. Lawrence, Friedrich Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals, Man Who Died, Three Penny Opera Comments closed
