The GOP plays moral whack-a-mole (Kate Atkinson’s metaphor) with Jan. 6. Soon they may claim, like the government in “100 Years of Solitude,” that it never happened.
Tag Archives: Oscar Wilde
Lit Packs a Powerful Punch
My book “Better Living through Lit” this past year was only one of several making the case that literature can be social dynamite.
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Salomé: Material Girl in a Material World
Wilde’s “Salomé” is the story of a material girl trapped in a material world.
Why Fiction Terrifies People
I announce my forthcoming book and contrast it with a similar book–“Dangerous Fictions”–coming out soon.
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Trump’s VP? Lady Bracknell Knows
How will Trump pick his V-P? As Lady Bracknell picks suitors for her daughter in “Importance of Being Earnest.”
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GOP Operatives as Dorian Gray
Cynicism marks many of those who have sold their souls to Trump, making “Dorian Gray” a good lens through which to view them.
The Very Model of a Modern Russian General
Tweeters have been busy finding literary allusions to capture the incompetence of Russia’s armed forces in Ukraine.
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I, Only I, Must Wander Wearily
While Easter is often celebrated through elaborate rituals, this Wilde poem reminds us not to forget its true meaning.
