Tag Archives: Hiroshima

English Patient Taught Me about My Father

By Robin Bates | Published: June 1, 2023

“The English Patient” has given me a valuable new perspective on my father–which is another good reason why we should all read novels.

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On Trump’s Cheap Nuclear Bomb Talk

By Robin Bates | Published: August 8, 2016

With Donald Trump talking so casually about the use of nuclear bombs, it is important to remind ourselves how horrific they are. This power Carolyn Forché poem opens our eyes.

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Resisting the Witchery of Nuclear Warfare

By Robin Bates | Published: May 26, 2016

Today Barack Obama will be the first American president to visit Hiroshima. Laguna Pueblo author Leslie Marmon Silko has an explanation for the development of the bomb: witches.

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A New Sun Blots Vesuvius

By Robin Bates | Published: August 6, 2014

Richard Tillinghast’s powerful poem about Hiroshima sees a world of stunted promise.

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