Tag Archives: Don DeLillo

DeLillo Predicted Ohio’s Toxic Disaster

By Robin Bates | Published: February 22, 2023

DeLillo’s “White Noise” uncannily predicts the East Palestine, Ohio train accident.

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Culture Theorist Foresaw Trump’s Rise

By Robin Bates | Published: December 8, 2016

The Frankfurt School’s Theodor Adorno, “culture industry” theorist, foresaw the rise of Trump. He looked to modernism, including modernist literature, as an antidote.

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Lit Helps Father Support a Sick Child

By Robin Bates | Published: January 22, 2014

Jason Blake found himself playing literary roles when his daughter underwent major surgery.

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Death Wears a Parka–or Is It an Anorak?

By Robin Bates | Published: October 6, 2010

Today’s post is coming to you through the lens of two illnesses. Mine is the milder one: yesterdat I twisted the wrong way in the bathroom and suddenly found myself on the floor undergoing terrible back spasms. They got worse as the day progressed and I wrote today’s post standing up, my laptop on my […]

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