In a commencement address, novelist Nicole Krauss made an eloquent plea for the necessity of literature in maintaining democracy.
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Darkness at Noon in Trump’s America
Koestler’s novel “Darkness at Noon” applies only too well to rightwing “intellectual” and fascist advocate Curtis Yarvin.
Trump=Gingham Dog, Musk=Calico Cat
Think of the Trump-Musk spat as the gingham dog vs. the calico cat from the Eugene Field poem.
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Trump, Musk, and Little Black Sambo
Trump and Musk coming to verbal altercations is like the tigers in “Little Black Sambo” devouring each other.
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Budget Cutters vs. Art
Two Joseph Fasano poems call out those budget cutters who are targeting the arts.
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Byatt and Childhood Memories
A.S. Byatt’s Children’s Book has me revisiting my Edwardian upbringing and the books from that period that my father read to me.
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