Levertov’s “Annunciation” and a Christmas Eve message.
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Mary’s Moment of Choice
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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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A Roc Sighting in Xmas Bird Count
A Scott Bates poem on a miraculous sighting during the annual Christmas bird count.
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McCarthy a Greek Hero? NOT!
Kevin McCarthy is no tragic hero. He does resemble a minor figure from “Julius Caesar,” however.
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