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My Papa’s….Abuse? Part II (by Leslie McGrath)
Yesterday I began a long post about how my Introduction to Poetry students read Roethke’s poem, “My Papa’s Waltz” very differently than I, finding within its waltzing trimeter a relationship between an abusive alcoholic…
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You win if. . .
You win if you can name the bandleader with the clarinet and the singer and what is it that you win? How about this: Have you ever tried a Ramos Gin Fizz with…
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Grandpa says Trump is racist! (by Mitch Sisskind)
Bob Schieffer, who covered the Confederate surrender at Appomatox, says that Trump's demand for Obama to release his school transcripts is a racist insult! …
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My Papa’s….Abuse? How Shifts in Culture Find their Way into the Poetry Classroom
I’m great fan of Theodore Roethke’s poems, particularly his villanelle, “The Waking” (beautifully performed by jazz singer Kurt Elling. (click here to listen to The Waking on You Tube.) Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz” is included in…
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Trump! YES!!! (by Mitch Sisskind)
Many years ago I attended a demonstration against the Vietnam War. There was a television crew from CBS filming the event, recognizable by the "eye" logo…
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Ai Weiwei, Dylan, and Despotism in China (Terence Winch)
At first I felt a profound disappointment, and some anger, when I heard the reports that Bob Dylan had allowed Chinese authorities to censor his setlist for a recent concert in China. There would…
