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Tag Archives: Trumpism
Use Lit to Teach America Morality
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Trump’s Anarchy vs. No Kings Rallies
Shelley’s “Masque of Anarchy” describes Trumpism’s anarchy but also shows a powerful way to respond.
MAGA News Too Much? Be Mithridates
Housman’s “Terence, This Is Stupid Stuff” provides useful advice for emotionally surviving Trumpism.
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The Grand Inquisitor Explains Trumpism
In these days when democracy is under assault, the words of Dostoevsky’s Grand Inquisitor are worth examining.
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Poetic Advice for Those Feeling Exhausted
If Trumpism is exhausting you, this O’Donohue poem is restorative.
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Lit, a Critical Defense against Fascism
Have Democrat’s suffered from a lack of imagination? Literature can help fix that. (For instance, “Handmaid’s Tale,” “1984,” and “Ozymandias.”)
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How Tennyson Anticipated Trumpism
In this poem written when he was 80, Tennyson expresses disgust as we might today about Trumpism.
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Understanding Murikami’s 1Q84
In which I explore the theme of toxic masculinity in Murakami’s “1Q84.”
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