A comic exercise imagining how a teenage John Roberts would interpret various classics.
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Tag Archives: Anna Karenina
Early Scenes from a Marriage
My memoir continued, this time looking at my relationship with Julia during our grad school years in Atlanta.
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The Dangerous Power of Libraries
Libraries as described by poet Paul Engle are sometimes repositories of dynamite, sometimes of comfort.
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Ukraine: What Would Leo and Fyodor Do?
Dostoevsky and Tolstoy’s novels work as indictments of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Tolstoy’s Vision of Establishing Dialogue
Sympathetic listening is key to making society work. We see Kitty advocating for such in “Anna Karenina.”
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“Anna Karenina” Saves a Prisoner’s Life
In an inspiring podcast, “Rough Translation” recounts how “Anna Karenina,” tapped out in morse code, saved a Somali political prisoner from madness.
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