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In a Dark Time, Beowulf Was My Virgil

By Robin Bates | Published: August 16, 2020

If Dante had his Virgil, I have Beowulf. Both poets helped up negotiate dark times.

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When Great Souls Die

By Robin Bates | Published: April 29, 2019

Tuesday Today is the 19th anniversary of my oldest son’s death. When Justin died in a freak drowning accident in 2000, our world turned upside down. He was 21 at the time and would have been 40 this year. In “When Great Trees Fall,” Maya Angelou captures much of what I experienced. I’m struck by […]

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