Trump’s vulgar tarting up of the White House brings to mind Mrs. Elton’s lack of class in “Emma.” And then there’s his resemblance to Ozymandias.
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Trump as Mrs. Elton and Ozymandias
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Poetry – Music of the Sky and Heart
Listening the “music of the Sky,” poet Frithjof Schon realizes he is listening to the music of his inmost heart.
Discovering Parental Love Letters
Discovering my parents’ love letters, I discover they foreshadow my own relationship with Julia. Both involved a lot of poetry
Dachau and Hiroshima Remembered
In a prose poem my father remembers his experiences at Dachau after it was liberated.
Travel to Innisfree—in Your Mind
Dreaming of a rural paradise as you find yourself trapped in an hot and smelly urban environment? You can travel, in your mind, to the lake isle of Innisfree with Yeats.
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Is Vance Cassius to Trump’s Caesar?
William Krystol imagines J.D. Vance as Cassius to Trump’s Caesar, secretly stabbing the president in the back.
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Carter Foresaw Algorithm Manipulation
Carter’s novel “The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman” predicts Trump’s assault on reality.
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How Shelley Helps Me Envision God
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To Counter Moral Collapse, Read Pratchett
Good young adult fiction like Pratchett’s Tiffany Aching series can instill anti-authoritarian values in young people.
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