AltWeeklies Wire
The Bluest Eyes and Obama's legacynew
Toni Morrison's fiction shows there might be more to Washington dysfunction that straight politics.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Lee Miller |
09-30-2013 |
Fiction
Tags: The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison
Seasons of Migration: Arab Spring Perspectivenew
From the grave, literary icon Tayeb Salih deftly elucidates the underlying social forces propelling the Arab Spring conflicts.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Lee Miller |
08-08-2013 |
Fiction
Six Days of the Condornew
James Grady's 1974 pop thriller has some striking similarities to the Boston Marathon bombing.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Lee Miller |
05-21-2013 |
Fiction
Tags: James Grady
Lee on Literature: The Awakeningnew
How the 1899 literary classic The Awakening by Kate Chopin relates to the reform challenges faced by the new Pope Francis I.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Lee Miller |
04-22-2013 |
Fiction
Tags: Pope Francis
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydenew
How industrialization helped to foster the compartmentalization of "good" and "evil," a duality that continues to challenge modern figures such as James Holmes and Oscar Pistorius.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Lee Miller |
03-14-2013 |
Fiction
Tags: Robert Louis Stevenson
Storm of Steelnew
Recognizing military transformations and their importance was a powerful lesson presented by Ernst Junger in his 1920 World War I memoir, Storm of Steel, a lesson that contemporary American leaders should carefully consider.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Lee Miller |
10-22-2012 |
Fiction
Tags: Ernst Junger
Revisiting Vonnegut's Player Pianonew
You got to hand it to Kurt Vonnegut: he predicted the destructive power of automation over 60 years ago, a warning that is applicable today.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Lee Miller |
10-01-2012 |
Fiction
Tags: Kurt Vonnegut
Lee on Literature: Atlas Shruggednew
Ayn Rand's 1957 novel, Atlas Shrugged, articulates an essential, underlying divergence in philosophy between Democrats and Republicans and helps explain the current, bitter political disharmony.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Lee Miller |
08-30-2012 |
Fiction
Tags: Ayn Rand
Lee on Literature: The Spider's Housenew
The roots of turmoil currently blooming in Syria and other nations of the Arab Spring are carefully explored in The Spider's House.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Lee Miller |
06-08-2012 |
Fiction
