Swimming with my granddaughters put me in mind of Charles Kingsley’s “Water Babies.” Kingsley helped us enter into the rich imaginative lives of children.
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Swimming with the Water Babies
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Media Is Like White Queen: Scream First
Lewis Carroll’s White Queen, whose hysteria precedes rather than follows traumatic events, anticipates our modern media.
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Alice in Standardized Education Land
“Alice in Wonderland” can be read as an early attack on standardized education.
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“Alice” Shaped Joyce Carol Oates
“Alice in Wonderland” is the book that changed the life of Joyce Carol Oates.
Rumsfeld through the Looking Glass
Interviewing Donald Rumsfeld is like entering Alice’s looking glass world.
Lewis Carroll’s Revolt against “Reality”
“Alice in Wonderland” was Carroll’s protest against Victorian society.
Using Fantasy to Take Back Time
Fantasy appeals to us as we chafe against machine-imposed reality, including machine-imposed time.
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