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A Poem by Our Latest Poet Laureate
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The Grand Inquisitor Explains Trumpism
In these days when democracy is under assault, the words of Dostoevsky’s Grand Inquisitor are worth examining.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged American Constitution, assaults on democracy, Brothers Karamazov, Christianity, Democracy, Founders, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Grand Inquisitor, Trumpism Comments closed
Poetic Advice for Those Feeling Exhausted
If Trumpism is exhausting you, this O’Donohue poem is restorative.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged “For One Who Is Exhausted a Blessing", Depression, Fascism, John O'Donohue, Trumpism Comments closed
Racial Profiling in LA? Call in Brecht
The rightwing justices on the Supreme Court have just greenlit racial profiling. Brecht would have something to say about that.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Bertolt Brecht, Brett Kavanagh, Exception and the Rule, racial profiling, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor Comments closed
Touched by a Presence with No Hands
Poet Jericho Brown writes in a prophetic tradition, seeking to put us in touch with the numinous.
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Anti-Vaxxers, Today’s Modest Proposers
Satirist Alexandra Petri channels Dickens and Swift as she goes after Florida for not backing away from childhood vaccines.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Alexandra Petri, anti-vaxxers, Charles Dickens, childhood illnesses, Jonathan Swift, Modest Proposal, Oliver Twist, satire Comments closed
Dickinson, Crane, and the Epstein Affair
Can we ever know the full truth about the Epstein and friends? A Stephen Crane poem expresses doubts, a Dickinson poem is more optimistic.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Tell all the truth but tell it slant", Emily Dickinson, Epstein affair, Greg Olear, Jeffrey Epstein, Stephen Crane, Truth Comments closed
Samuel Beckett’s Tennis Advice
Beckett, a tennis fan, has some lines that can bolster tennis players. Or at least get them through long slogs.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Amanda Anisimova, Aryna Sabalenka, Jannik Sinner, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Beckett, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, tennis, theater of the absurd, Thomas Swick, U.S. Open, Unnamable, Worstward Ho Comments closed