Expect MAGA to accept Trump’s account of the Iran bombing that “’twas a great victory” (to quote from Southey’s satiric anti-war poem “After Blenheim”).
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No, A.I. Will Not Change How We Read Lit
Will A.I. change how people read lit, as this New Yorker article claims? Uh, no.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged artificial intelligence, Bleak House, Bluesky, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, Joshua Rothman, Philip Pullman, Richard Hugo, Tobias Smollett, Tobias Wilson-Bates Comments closed
Toxic Masculinity Expressed thru Bombs
The toxic masculinity that may explain why Trump bombed Iran exacts a price on those caught up in it, as Adrienne Rich makes clear.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Knight", "Moon Landing", Adrienne Rich, Donald Trump, Iran attack, toxic masculinity, W. H. Auden Comments closed
How Tennyson Anticipated Trumpism
In this poem written when he was 80, Tennyson expresses disgust as we might today about Trumpism.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged “Locksley Hall-Sixty Years Later", Alfred Lord Tennyson, Iran attack, MAGA, Trumpism Comments closed
Speak in Thy Still Small Voice
19th century religious poet Anna Shipton prefers God’s “still small voice” to louder invitations.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged “Still Small Voice", Anna Shipton, Elijah, Voice in the whirlwind Comments closed
Gwendolyn Brooks’ Primer for Juneteenth
To mark Juneteenth, here are poems by Gwendolyn Brooks and Lucille Clifton celebrating Blackness.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged “my dream about being white", “Primer for Blacks", Gwendolyn Brooks, Juneteenth, Lucille Clifton, systemic racism Comments closed
Trump-Musk, Sauron-Saruman
Think of Trump as Sauron and Musk as Saruman in their recent tiff.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged corruption, DOGE, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion Comments closed
Using Murakami to Explore MAGA Sadism
In his popular novel “Kafka on the Shore,” Murakami explores the kind of sadism that we are currently witnessing in Trump’s MAGA supporters.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore, MAGA, sadism, Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Comments closed