When I teach literature, I emphasize application first, interpretation second.
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Lit as a Life Survival Kit
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Are We Overanalyzing Trump?
Monday My son gave me a tough-love talk about my writing at a wedding reception this past Saturday afternoon. We were in Iowa together for my wife’s nephew and Darien took a few moments to express doubts about book he is helping me self-publish. While he is a big supporter of the blog, he worries […]
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Trumpist Masculinity Isn’t Kind to Men
In a story which is only too timely, the Washington Post recently reported that “sexist men have psychological problems.” Adrienne Rich was talking about this over 60 years ago in poems like “The Knight.”
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