Tag Archives: Kamala Harris

On Mary Oliver, Joy, and Harris-Walz

By Robin Bates | Published: August 8, 2024

Mary Oliver’s tells us to savor joy, which is what many are doing with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

By Robin Bates | Published: August 4, 2024

“Kamala” is Sanskrit for lotus. This Scott Bates poem on the fertility symbolism of the lotus captures some of Harris’s strengths.

By Robin Bates | Published: August 1, 2024

Harris rejuvenating the race after taking over from Biden brings to mind the myth of the fisher king.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 31, 2024

Think of Trump as Chaucer’s Pardoner, a conman who thinks he can trick people he’s revealed his tricks to.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 30, 2024

Kamala Harris’s big-hearted laugh puts her in Chaucer’s Wife of Bath territory. Trump is more like the Pardoner.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 28, 2024

Gymnast GOAT Biles has a tattoo of a line from Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise” to inspire her.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 25, 2024

Le Guin’s “Farthest Shore” has insights applicable to the Biden-Harris succession.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 21, 2024

“Beowulf’s understanding of issues around aging leaders helps us negotiate Biden’s campaign withdrawal.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 14, 2021

Some rightwing preachers are calling Kamala Harris a “Jezebel.” Tom Robbins explains their anxieties in “Skinny Legs and All.”