In Tuesday’s presidential debate, Harris played Goneril and Regan to Trump’s King Lear. With differences, of course.
Tag Archives: Kamala Harris
Harris’s Use of Goneril Tactics
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9-11 and Auden’s “September 1, 1939”
In which I examine why Americans turned to Auden’s “September 1, 1939” on September 11, 2001–and how the poem still offers us solace and hope in the face of Trumpism.
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Silko and Trump on Weaving
In response to Trump’s defense that his rambling is verbal weaving, I look at applicable weaving imagery in Silko’s novel “Ceremony.”
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Blake, Gibran, and Harris’s Joy
The power and effectiveness of Harris and Walz’s joy is captured in poems by Blake and Gibran.
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Harris’s Speech and a Baldwin Story
The shift in Kamala Harris’s acceptance speech–from heartwarming bio to Churchillian call to action–reminds me of the shift in Sonny’s jazz playing in Baldwin’s story.
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Gorman Dares Us to Dream Together
Amanda Gorman’s Democratic National Convention poem celebrated an all-inclusive vision of America.
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Kamala Harris’s Moment to Rise
Angelou’s “Still I Rise” is the right poem to celebrate Kamala Harris
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Harris as Potter, Biden as Dumbledore
Think of Biden as first Harry Potter and then Dumbledore in the battle against Trump Voldemort.
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Is Trump Set to Inherit the Wind?
The way that the Bryan figure deflates in “Inherit the Wind” may prefigure Trump’s demise.
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