In a talk on “Faith and the Imagination,” poet Wyatt Prunty talked about the faith required in the creative process–which is also like faith in one’s children growing up.
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Wyatt Prunty on Faith and Imagination
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How Quixote Hones Problem-Solving Skills
Works that employ meta-fiction to break down the boundaries between the real and the fantastical teach us how to think outside the box.
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Blake on Racism and Child Abuse
Blake’s “Little Black Boy,” quoted by Lamott in her latest book, is a complex exploration of racism.
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Democracy under Assault? Stand Firm
How to withstand Trump’s incessant assaults on democracy? Be like Lizzie in “Goblin Market.”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Christina Rossetti, cults, Donald Trump, Fascism, Goblin Market, Herman Melville, Moby Dick Comments closed
Two Poems on the Magic of Eclipses
Two poems, by Wilcox and Trestman, capture the magic of eclipses.
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A Poem for When You’re Feeling Weary
Swinburne’s “Garden of Proserpine,” a good poem for when you’re feeling fed up with life.
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Vlad’s Black Riders, Trump’s Tell-Tale Heart
Recent literature citations by opinion writers include “Lord of the Rings,” “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Amanda Marcotte, Edgar Allan Poe, Greg Olear, J.R.R. Tolkien, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Lord of the Rings, Secret police, Tell-Tale Heart, Trump trials, Washington Irving Comments closed
Caste in a Multicultural Democracy
To grapple with Wilkerson’s understanding of racism as a caste system, I turn to Langston Hughes, Twain, and Arundhati Roy.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Ku Klux", Arundhati Roy, Caste, Dalits, God of Small Things, Huckleberry Finn, Isabel Wilkerson, Langston Hughes, Mark Twain, Origins, racism Comments closed
