A Morris Bishop April Fools’ Day poem, somewhat dark, to lighten the day.
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A Morris Bishop April Fools’ Day Poem
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DeLillo Predicted Ohio’s Toxic Disaster
DeLillo’s “White Noise” uncannily predicts the East Palestine, Ohio train accident.
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Star Wars & Thousand-Faced Heroes
A poem by Katy Giebenhain about “Star Wars” shows the flaws of its Joseph Campbell roots. She notes that “the hero doesn’t get/through anything alone.”
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Gaga Feminism & 12th Night
“Gaga feminism” is a playful challenge to conventional social definitions. Shakespeare can be seen as writing “Twelfth Night” in the spirit of gaga feminism.
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High Art, Low Art, and Murakami
Murakami’s “1Q84” seamlessly moves between high art and pop culture, complicating the issue of guilty reading pleasures.
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