Camus wrote that “fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.” J.D. Vance has tried the same defense for his Haitian lies.
Tag Archives: Neil Gaiman
Reading Lit to Cope with Prison
In his book about reading lit in prison, Genis talks about how novels helped him understand fellow inmates and discover his own Jewishness.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged 1Q84, Alan Moore, American Gods, Bohumil Hrabal, Daniel Genis, Franz Kafka, Good as Gold, Haruki Murakami, Herzog, Jaroslav Hasek, Jorge Luis Borges, Joseph Heller, Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint, Prison, reading in prison, Saul Bellow, Sentence, The Good Soldier Svejk Comments closed
Child Spy Rats Out English Teacher
The child spy tip line in Virginia received a complaint about how a teacher was teaching “Beowulf.” Meanwhile, a Texas school has banned Neil Gaiman’s works.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Beowulf, Book banning, censorship, culture wars, Glenn Youngkin, J.R.R. Tolkien, Sexism, teaching Comments closed
Read to Resist Fascism
Book bans are spreading around America. Neil Gaiman makes an impassioned plea for libraries.
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Good Omens and Vladimir Putin
To imagine the reluctance of Russian soldiers to fight, check out this scene in “Good Omens.”
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Ragnarok, an Extreme Weather Event
Gaiman’s account of the Norse apocalypse Ragnarok comes close to describing a world destroyed by climate change.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Fire and Ice", climate change, extreme weather events, Norse Mythology, Ragnarok, Robert Frost Comments closed
The Good News: Dragons Can Be Defeated
Chesterton gave Neil Gaiman the idea that we love fairy tales because they assure us that dragons can be killed.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged fairy tales, G.K. Chesterton, Maurice Sendak, Tremendous Trifles, Where the Wild Things Are Comments closed
The Meaning of Steampunk Fantasy
Neil Gaiman’s “Neverwhere” helps us understand why authors today are turning to steampunk, which Tolkien would have hated.
How Fantasy Keeps Us Human
Neil Gaiman and the late Terry Pratchett are beloved fantasy writers because they stand up for our humanity in dehumanizing times.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged analysis, Good Omens, partisanship, polarization, political extremism, politics, Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time Comments closed
