Brecht has the perfect poem for Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results.
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Yeats, Not Heaney, for Dark Times
For social and political barometers, try Heaney for optimism, Yeats for pessimism.
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Lit for Understanding the Biden Voter
To understand “the Joe Biden” voter, start with August Wilson’s “Fences.”
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A Wretch Concentered All in Self
Look to Sir Walter Scott, not to Shakespeare, to sum up Donald Trump’s exit.
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Citizen Kane and Trump’s Psychology
Scott Bates’s poem about Citizen Kane provides deep insight into autocrats like Donald Trump.
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The GOP’s Monster Continues to Strike
Many have talked about how the GOP created a Frankenstein’s monster in Trump. They can also be seen as a Circe (from Madeline Miller’s novel) creating Scylla.
Inferno’s Ditch Reserved for Mitch
Republicans enabling Trump in his attempts to subvert the 2020 election have a special place reserved from them in Dante’s Inferno: Circle 8, Bolgia 8.
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“Citizen Kane” Foretells Trump
“Citizen Kane” is Trump’s favorite movie. It matches up only too well with his presidency.
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Eeyore Sums Up the Modern GOP
Eeyore delivers a cutting judgment that applies to how the GOP is enabling Trump in undermining the presidential transition.
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