A Joseph Fasano poem about attempting to shield children from the horrors of war.
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Comforting Children under Attack
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Candide and the Deep State
Members of the MAGA cult resemble the Baron of Thunder-ten-Tronckh in “Candide.”
Pratchett on How Guns Possess Us
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The Gender Battle in Pope’s Card Game
In which I share a talk I am giving on the card game played in “Rape of the Lock.”
The Otherworldly Cry of the Loon
Nemerov’s “Loon’s Cry” searches for the transcendent in our world.
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T.S. Eliot Meets Groundhog Day
If the groundhog sees its shadow today, will it fall into existential despair?–which is Eliot’s response to shadows in “The Waste Land.”
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A Hopeful Poem for Dark Times
Maya Angelou’s visionary poem “A Brave and Startling Truth” reminds us of what human beings can be when they are at their best.
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Taylor Swift as Snow White
Trump’s jealousy of Taylor Swift resembles that of the evil queen in “Snow White.” Anne Sexton’s own Snow White poem explains how jealousy works.
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Trump as Captain Queeg
Donald Trump as Captain Queeg and the captain in Eggers’s novel “Captain and the Glory.”
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