Election anxieties from listening to a seashell. That and James Stephens’s poem “The Shell.”
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The Beowulfian Case for Keeping Biden
Think of Biden as Beowulf facing the dragon at the end of his reign. And then think of how Wiglaf responds, which is to support him fully.
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To Be Trump’s VP, Leap and Creep
The competition to be Trump’s VP resembles the stick leaping and crawling contest in Lilliput.
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Gandalf and Saruman, Biden and Trump
The both-siderism that equates Trump with Biden would probably equate Saruman with Gandalf.
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Biden and Auden’s Unknown Citizen
Auden’s “Unknown Citizen” looks better now than when the poet wrote the poem.
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