Tag Archives: Lewis Carroll

Revolutionary Mother Goose

Mother goose rhymes, nonsense verse, and playful fantasy are essential to our mental health.

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MAGA “Justice” and the Queen of Hearts

“Sentence first, verdict afterwards,” say both MAGA Republicans and Lewis Carroll’s Queen of Hearts.

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A Moses Poem for a Lost Child

Mourning her dead child, this writer chose to read a poem echoing the infant Moses story.

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Obey Your Parents or Face the Lion

Today being Hilaire Belloc’s birthday, I share one of his darkly comic “Cautionary Tales for Children.”

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Reading “Jabberwocky” to a Dying Child

Reasons why a mother might read “Jabberwocky” to a dying child.

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Alice, Victorian Rebel

Lewis Carroll’s Alice books use nonsense to hold off no-nonsense adult society.

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The Usefulness of “Let’s Pretend”

In “Seduced by Story,” Brooks challenges the idea that literature is meant to be useful. Instead, he says, it resembles play (and then acknowledges that play itself is useful).

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Fine Distinctions in Trumpian Grift

Tuesday While the House committee investigating Donald Trump’s January 6 coup attempt has focused its sights on the ex-president, its report has also looked at minor actors, both those who stuck with the president and those who have peeled off. One of my favorite posts over the past two years has been one applying A.E. […]

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Humpty Dumpty Cited in Trump Case

Lewis Carroll and George Orwell made an appearance in the real estate case against the Trumps.

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