Kamala Harris’s favorite lit reveals a woman engaging in foundational exploration, especially regarding race and gender.
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Harris’s Literary Favs Reveal a Vibrant Soul
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Stephen King and Detention Centers
Stephen King’s latest novels unconsciously reflect contemporary events, with kids imprisoned in detention centers.
Welcome Stranger to This Place
The story of Jesus healing an unclean gentile reminds us all to welcome the stranger. Blake shows us the heaven that awaits when we do.
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Trump, Clifton, & Immigrants as Animals
Trump describing immigrants as animals is scary stuff, as this Lucille Clifton poem makes clear.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "at least we killed the roaches", Donald Trump, Lucille Clifton, Ms-13, racism Comments closed
Happiness Based on Another’s Oppression
To understand why the race card is so politically effective, reading Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.”
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Immigrants Face a Sophie’s Choice
Republicans have recently been outdoing themselves in cruelty, both regarding immigration and health care. William Styron and William Blake weigh in.
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Trump’s Crusoe Wall Goes Up in Airports
This past weekend so a flurry of illegal and unconstitutional executive orders that created chaos in airports and elsewhere as travelers from certain countries found themselves in detention. Defoe captures versions of such dramas in “Robinson Crusoe.”
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Immigrants Touched by Grace
Philip Levine gives us a poem which serves as a reproof to those in the GOP who bash immigrants. We see much needed moments of humanity, important to remember in this election season.