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@NEHgov Public Scholar; Author: Czesław Miłosz: A California Life; Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard. @nytimesbooks @theTLS @thenation @vqr @WSJBooks
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Meet C.S. Lewis's brainy wife

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By Cynthia Haven
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It’s been 20 years since I published a profile of C.S. Lewis’s wife, “Lost in the Shadow of C.S. Lewis’ Fame: Joy Davidman was a Noted Poet, a Feisty Communist and a Free Spirit,” in TheSan Francisco Chronicle on January 1, 2006. It was a good thing to do, because at that point relatively little had been written about Joy Davidman’s life and achievements.
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The "satiric, terrifying" legacy of poet Weldon Kees

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By Cynthia Haven
| Substack
From my mailbox: Dana Gioia, poet and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, sent me the latest fruits of his labors. Dana has long been a champion of the of the overlooked poet Weldon Kees (1914-1955).
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Have a scapegoat for Thanksgiving! “It’s a ritual sacrifice, with pie.”

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By Cynthia Haven
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NBC News: President Donald Trump on Tuesday added two Thanksgiving turkeys to his longlistofsecond-term pardons, offering the birds a dose of his much-discussed presidential immunity. After a White House speech that felt more like a campaign rally than a symbolic ceremony, Trump spared Gobble and Waddle from appearing on Thanksgiving dinner plates.
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