Tag Archives: Repression

A Positive Spin on the Golden Calf

By Robin Bates | Published: October 15, 2017

Rabbi Jacob Staub’s account of the golden calf is much different, and a lot more fun, than the Exodus version.

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Desire Intensified by Separation

By Robin Bates | Published: March 22, 2017

In my current living relationship, I see my wife for only short periods every two or three months. A passage in John Fowles’s “French Lieutenant Woman” is helping me get through the long absences.

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Facing Our Inner Black Cat

By Robin Bates | Published: May 13, 2014

Poe’s “Black Cat” has a special attraction for college students–and for good reason.

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How to Analyze Fantasy Projections

By Robin Bates | Published: April 3, 2014

What fantasy means in 15 simple steps.

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“100 Years of Solitude” vs. United Fruit

By Robin Bates | Published: June 25, 2012

In a battle between Garcia Marquez’s “100 Years of Solitude” and the corporate behemoth United Fruit, the novel ultimately won.

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