“Wicked” (the movie) shows us Trump-type scapegoating while “Wicked” (the book) also provides insight into how and why people are drawn to his sadism.
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Wicked, a Parable for Our Time
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9-11 and Auden’s “September 1, 1939”
In which I examine why Americans turned to Auden’s “September 1, 1939” on September 11, 2001–and how the poem still offers us solace and hope in the face of Trumpism.
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Paul Celan on Fascism’s Horrors
Paul Celan’s “Death Fugue,” about the Holocaust, reads differently during the Israel-Gaza conflict.
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Can Poetry Respond Adequately to Evil?
Americans turned to Auden’s “September 1, 1939” following 9-11, and it can inspire and guide us following the Paris terror attacks.
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