Sebald’s novel “Austerlitz” provides insights to fascism than anticipate Trump.
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Sebald’s “Austerlitz” and Fascism’s Rise
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Christmas at Cohen’s Garage
Scott Bates updates the birth of Jesus, having him born in a gas station.
Mary’s Moment of Choice
Levertov’s “Annunciation” and a Christmas Eve message.
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A Tornado Story with a Happy Ending
A Tennessee family’s recent run-in with a tornado has some resemblances to “The Wizard of Oz.”
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Cloud Cuckoo Land: The Power of Story
Doerr’s “Cloud Cuckoo Land” is testimony to the power of story to save us when we need saving.
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Paul Celan on Fascism’s Horrors
Paul Celan’s “Death Fugue,” about the Holocaust, reads differently during the Israel-Gaza conflict.
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Horror Fiction, Anecdote to Fear
Full immersion in fear can lead to bad health outcomes. Shelley’s meta-narrative horror work “Frankenstein” allows us to turn psychic distress into something positive.
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Mary and the Threefold Terror of Love
Yeats’ “Mother of God” is a good poem for the third Sunday in Advent.
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