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Obama and the disturbing influence of Frank Marshall Davis

The New Neo Posted on April 3, 2009 by neoMarch 4, 2011

Much has been written about the fact that Frank Marshall Davis was a mentor to the young Barack Obama. But Davis was an unusual role model for a boy; not only may he have been a sometime pedophile, according to … Continue reading →

Posted in Obama, Poetry | 163 Replies

The Girl From Ipanema returns

The New Neo Posted on March 27, 2009 by neoMarch 27, 2009

[NOTE: While we’re talking about Brazil (and why not? I’m tired of talking about Obama) let’s revisit an old post of mine with a Brazilian theme: “Lost in translation: the girl from Ipamema.”] A while back we had a discussion … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Poetry | 21 Replies

Obamlet?

The New Neo Posted on March 16, 2009 by neoMarch 16, 2009

Sam Schulman offers an interesting notion of Obama as Hamlet. We differ on certain things; Schulman does not believe Obama to be a radical, whereas I currently strongly favor that interpretation. But the following sounds about right: [Obama] is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Literature and writing, Obama | 6 Replies

Notes from Chairman Lenin—and Dostoevsky

The New Neo Posted on March 9, 2009 by neoMarch 10, 2009

A few days ago a commenter here offered a link to this page of Lenin quotes. Some of them seem pretty apropos in light of recent developments, and so I offer them to you for your contemplation [I’ve emphasized some … Continue reading →

Posted in Liberals and conservatives; left and right, Literature and writing | 50 Replies

Tears, idle tears: we know not what they mean

The New Neo Posted on February 5, 2009 by neoFebruary 5, 2009

We sometimes speak of having a “good cry,” reflecting the common assumption that crying when upset can lead to a release of tension and make us feel better. This NY Times article reports on research that indicates that this is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Science | 4 Replies

It’s been quite an odyssey for the Odyssey

The New Neo Posted on February 3, 2009 by neoFebruary 3, 2009

Yesterday I was browsing in a bookstore. I had gone to the mall for something else (pillowcases, to be exact) and had some extra time to spend wandering, and so I ambled into this particular mall’s only bookstore: B. Dalton, … Continue reading →

Posted in Literature and writing, Poetry | 16 Replies

Updike and the literary lights on war and peace

The New Neo Posted on January 30, 2009 by neoMarch 17, 2015

I first read John Updike’s Vietnam War essay “On Not Being a Dove” in 1989. That’s when his memoir Self-Consciousness, the book in which it was included, was first published. At the time the essay seemed to me to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Best of neo-neocon, Literature and writing, Vietnam, War and Peace | 34 Replies

Updike At Rest

The New Neo Posted on January 28, 2009 by neoJuly 25, 2015

John Updike has died at seventy-six. In the last decade or two, his work had increasingly grappled with issues of aging and death, so perhaps his actual death should come as no surprise. But somehow it does—as it may have … Continue reading →

Posted in Literature and writing, People of interest | 16 Replies

Inaugural verse: poetry and power all the way

The New Neo Posted on January 21, 2009 by neoJanuary 21, 2009

I applaud yesterday’s attempt to inject poetry into the inaugural proceedings. But the poem that Elizabeth Alexander composed and read was trite, the sort of thing that helps me understand why many people decide they hate poetry. When I took … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Politics | 26 Replies

The science of love: what fools these mortals be

The New Neo Posted on January 17, 2009 by neoAugust 31, 2011

The NY Times reports on researchers’ attempts to discover the chemical mediators of that complex emotion we call love. Some of this research has been done with prairie voles, who seem to share humans’ ability to be monogamous—although I doubt … Continue reading →

Posted in Getting philosophical: life, love, the universe, Literature and writing, Men and women; marriage and divorce and sex | 11 Replies

The city is too much with us

The New Neo Posted on January 8, 2009 by neoJuly 9, 2009

This article mentions that the world has passed an important milestone: more than half its population lives in cities. That means that city life is having a greater and greater effect on our culture, bodies, and psyches. So there’s reason … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Poetry, Science | 13 Replies

Maus and memory

The New Neo Posted on January 5, 2009 by neoJanuary 5, 2009

I recently reread the two-volume graphic novel Maus, by Art Spiegelman. It struck me once again, as it did the first time I read these books, that they should not work on any level. And yet, against all odds, they … Continue reading →

Posted in Jews, Literature and writing, War and Peace | 19 Replies

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