A Danielle Coffyn poem, posted in response to Republican’s patriarchal efforts to discourage women from voting (the SAVE act).
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Imagine the Fall from Eve’s Perspective
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "If Adam Picked the Apple", Danielle Coffyn, Feminism, John Milton, misogyny, Paradise Lost, SAVE act, Trumpism Comments closed
MAGA Reenacts Enslavement of Joseph
In sending immigrants, many innocent of any crime, to foreign prisons, Trump is reenacting the Genesis story of Joseph.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Adam Zagajewski, deporting immigrants, Genesis, Issac Bashevis Singer, John Stoehr, Joseph story, Norman Rockwell, Passover, Primo Levi Comments closed
On Deportations and an Oz Book
Illegal deportations to an El Salvadoran prison are bringing to mind a similar episode in “Rinki-Tink in Oz.”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged illegal deportations, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, L. Frank Baum, Nayib Bukele, Rinki-Tink in Oz Comments closed
Open the Door for Elijah
Marge Piercy applauds the uncomfortable Elijah in this Passover poem.
Trump CEOs and Plantation Mentality
Trump-supporting CEOs have a plantation mentality, which explains why they tolerate him. Think “Gone with the Wind” entitlement.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged class conflict, Gone with the Wind, John Stoehr, MAGA, Margaret Mitchell, plantation mentality, slavery Comments closed
Libraries, Bulwarks against Fascism
In which I celebrate National Library Week by talking about the power of books to radically change lives. No wonder MAGA conservatives are suspicious.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged censorship, libraries and librarians, National Library Week Comments closed
Hats Off, the Flag Is Passing By!
Old patriotic poems, which as teenagers we dismissed as cheesy, seem particularly urgent in the face of rising authoritarianism.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "The Flag Goes By", authoritarianism, Henry Holcomb Bennett, Patriotism Comments closed