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Burns on December (and Austen on Burns)

By Robin Bates | Published: December 4, 2023

In “Thou Gloomy December,” Burns mourns a sad parting. While I enjoy Burns, I also enjoy Austen’s satiric takedown of the poet in “Sanditon.”

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Peeped Most Piteously for Pain of the Cold

By Robin Bates | Published: December 2, 2020

With our first snowfall, birds are swarming our feeders, bringing to mind a passage from “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” and an Oliver Herford lyric.

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