In his neurological study of fiction’s impact, Angus Fletcher looks at various literary elements.
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Lit’s Neurological Benefits
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The Joys of September Threshing
Kavanagh captures the joys of communal farming in this harvesting poem. My farmer’s-daughter wife says he’s spot on.
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Best of Times or Worst of Times?
The opening lines of “Tale of Two Cities” capture our reality only too well.
A Blacksmith Poem for Labor Day
A Seamus Heaney blacksmith poem for Labor Day.
God Reaches Us through Art
I share a talk about the relationship between God and creativity. Authors mentioned: Shelley, Homer, Plato, Silko, Walker, Clifton.
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Kennedy Defended Controversial Lit
J.F. Kennedy praised lit that challenges society.
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Russia’s Kafkaesque Legal System
Kafka’s “Trial” describes the current Russian justice system.
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The Greater Love? Family or Big Brother?
Why do people choose Trump over loved ones? “1984” provides an explanation.
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Trump’s Lawyers as Wormtongue
Trump’s indicted lawyers may follow the trajectory of Wormtongue in “Lord of the Rings.”
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