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What Would Lucille Clifton Say?

By Robin Bates | Published: June 3, 2020

How would Lucille Clifton have responded to the death of George Floyd and the subsequent turmoil? I comb through her collected poems to find out.

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Achebe vs. Trump’s Heart of Darkness

By Robin Bates | Published: June 2, 2020

50 years ago, black protesters would have been seen as Conrad sees Africans in “Heart of Darkness,” an undifferentiated mass. Achebe helped change that.

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When Grief Turns Violent

By Robin Bates | Published: June 1, 2020

In protesting police violence against communities of color, protesters must avoid grief-fueled violence, the archetype of which is Grendel’s Mother.

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In Aeneid, It’s the Wives Who Riot

By Robin Bates | Published: May 31, 2020

The riots in the wake of George Floyd’s death recall for me the wives rioting in the Aeneid–another neglected and long-suffering group who are fed up.

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