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Stop the Clocks: This Is the Hour of Lead

By Robin Bates | Published: November 7, 2024

Auden’s mourning poem “Stop All the Clocks” captures the mood of those who saw a fascist triumph in the American presidential election.

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Waiting for the Tide to Turn

By Robin Bates | Published: August 23, 2013

Dickinson, Coleridge and Dickens come to mind as we await the moment of my father’s death.

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