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For Mother’s Day, a Pregnant Mary

Hopkins’s “May Magnificat” associated pregnant Mary with spring bursting out all over.

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Tolstoy’s Advice for Diplomats

Former diplomat Fletcher Burton shows Tolstoy’s brilliance in depicting diplomats and diplomacy in War in Peace.

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An Iranian Hostage Recalls Tolstoy

In which one of the 1980 Iranian hostages explains why “War and Peace” meant so much to him at the time.

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Dorian Gray, a Parable for Our Time

A recent Broadway production of “Picture of Dorian Gray” provides insights into our own narcissist-in-chief.

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Trapped in Trump’s Morality Play

Trump’s administration resembles a medieval morality play like “Everyman,” what with its caricatured figures of vice. Luckily, the play has a happy ending.

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A Poem to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo

Rodriguez’s poem “Cinco de Mayo” observes that the battle for freedom that the day celebrates is still ongoing.

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Feed My Sheep

A Mary Baker Eddy poem about Jesus instructing Peter to “feed my sheep”

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Pricked and Bleeding Thanks to Trump

A mother, brutalized by federal agents who got the wrong house, seemed to be channeling “Merchant of Venice” in her response.

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Brecht Celebrated Overlooked Workers

Brecht and Neruda poems to celebrate International Workers’ Day.

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