Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” is all too applicable to the Musk administration’s attempts to destroy America.
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The Darkness at the Heart of Whiteness
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Elon Musk, Greg Olear, Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, Prevail, white supremacy Leave a comment
A Woman 600 Years Ahead of Her Time
If Chaucer’s created a timeless and transcendent character in the Wife of Bath, it is because he listened–really listened–to women.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Beowulf, Christian misogyny, Defence of Poetry, Feminism, Geoffrey Chaucer, Harold Bloom, Percy Shelley, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Wife of Bath, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Good Night, Dear Heart
My brother died yesterday. This Mark Twain lyric gets at some of what I’m feeling.
Trump Doth Murder Sleep
Trump and Musk are current-day Macbeths, out to murder American democracy.
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Unknown Citizens vs. Musk-Trump
While Auden satirizes the “Unknown Citizen,” unknown citizens are currently stepping up to resist Trump and Musk’s attempted coup.
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Responding to the Musk-Trump Coup
In response to attempted takeovers such as Elon Musk’s, poet Ilya Kaminsky urges us to wake up and resist. Anne Lamott suggests some of the forms this can take.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "We Lived Happily During the War", Anne Lamott, Elon Musk, Fascism, Ilya Kaminsky, resistance, Ruth Ben-Ghiat Comments closed
Prayer Is Waiting with Desire
Richard Bauckman’s poem about Simeon defines prayer as “waiting with desire.”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Wait and See (Semeon and Anna)", Awaiting the messiah, Richard Bauckman, Simeon Comments closed
