# fredric jameson (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover fredric jameson. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Silver Chair and a Childhood Love](https://betterlivingthroughbeowulf.com/the-silver-chair-and-a-childhood-love/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-silver-chair-and-a-childhood-love) _2026-08-21 · Robin Bates · Better Living through Beowulf_ In which I reminisce about the girl who introduced me to Narnia and how The Silver Chair helped us negotiate our friendship. The post The Silver Chair and a Childhood Love first appeared on Better Living through Beowulf . ## [Birds as Emissaries from the Afterlife](https://betterlivingthroughbeowulf.com/birds-as-emissaries-from-the-afterlife/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=birds-as-emissaries-from-the-afterlife) _2026-08-20 · Robin Bates · Better Living through Beowulf_ Can birds function as emissaries from the afterlife? I’ve had my own experience, as has Lucille Clifton. The post Birds as Emissaries from the Afterlife first appeared on Better Living through Beowulf . ## [Oliver’s Hard-Earned Vision of Life](https://betterlivingthroughbeowulf.com/olivers-hard-earned-vision-of-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=olivers-hard-earned-vision-of-life) _2026-08-19 · Robin Bates · Better Living through Beowulf_ In which I agree with an Atlantic article defending the poetry of Mary Oliver against detractors. The post Oliver’s Hard-Earned Vision of Life first appeared on Better Living through Beowulf . ## [Pratchett on the Danger of Happily Ever After](https://betterlivingthroughbeowulf.com/pratchett-vs-fairy-tale-reality/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pratchett-vs-fairy-tale-reality) _2026-08-18 · Robin Bates · Better Living through Beowulf_ In Witches Abroad Terry Pratchett explores the dangerous power of predetermined story and how to push back against it. The post Pratchett on the Danger of Happily Ever After first appeared on Better Living through Beowulf . ## [DJT Replays Scene from Dead Zone](https://betterlivingthroughbeowulf.com/djt-replays-scene-from-dead-zone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=djt-replays-scene-from-dead-zone) _2026-08-16 · Robin Bates · Better Living through Beowulf_ DJT escaping his plane in a catering cart while using reporters and staff as decoys is reminiscent of a scene in Stephen King’s Dead Zone. The post DJT Replays Scene from Dead Zone first appeared on Better Living through Beowulf . ## [Helen Keller in the Garden of the Lord](https://betterlivingthroughbeowulf.com/helen-keller-in-the-garden-of-the-lord/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=helen-keller-in-the-garden-of-the-lord) _2026-08-15 · Robin Bates · Better Living through Beowulf_ In this poem Helen Keller finds the kingdom of God in her garden. The post Helen Keller in the Garden of the Lord first appeared on Better Living through Beowulf . ## [My Childhood Encounter with Wind in the Willows](https://betterlivingthroughbeowulf.com/my-childhood-encounter-with-wind-in-the-willows/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-childhood-encounter-with-wind-in-the-willows) _2026-08-14 · Robin Bates · Better Living through Beowulf_ In which I look back and recall the importance of Wind in the Willows on my childhood. The post My Childhood Encounter with Wind in the Willows first appeared on Better Living through Beowulf . ## [Poison Ivy and the Spoon River Citizens](https://betterlivingthroughbeowulf.com/poison-ivy-and-the-spoon-river-citizens/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poison-ivy-and-the-spoon-river-citizens) _2026-08-13 · Robin Bates · Better Living through Beowulf_ A recent run-in with poison ivy sent me back to the Spoon River Anthology—many of whose denizens have fair exteriors masking poison. The post Poison Ivy and the Spoon River Citizens first appeared on Better Living through Beowulf . ## [We Know Which Portia Casket DJT Would Choose](https://betterlivingthroughbeowulf.com/subject-politicians-to-the-bards-portia-test/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=subject-politicians-to-the-bards-portia-test) _2026-08-12 · Robin Bates · Better Living through Beowulf_ Trump’s love affair with gold gilding alerts us as to how he would do were he given test Portia’s suitors must take in Merchant of Venice. The post We Know Which Portia Casket DJT Would Choose first appeared on Better Living through Beowulf . ## [DJT as a Harpy, Befouling All That Is Good](https://betterlivingthroughbeowulf.com/djt-as-a-harpy-befouling-all-that-is-good/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=djt-as-a-harpy-befouling-all-that-is-good) _2026-08-11 · Robin Bates · Better Living through Beowulf_ DJT befouling all that is sacred is akin to Virgil’s harpies befouling Aeneas’s feast. The post DJT as a Harpy, Befouling All That Is Good first appeared on Better Living through Beowulf . ## [Sync Bookmarks Everywhere (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ECsNru17ogP4) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync keeps folders and toolbar intact across Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. ## [On Raccoons and Saint-Exupéry’s Little Prince](https://betterlivingthroughbeowulf.com/on-raccoons-and-saint-exuperys-little-prince/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-raccoons-and-saint-exuperys-little-prince) _2026-08-10 · Robin Bates · Better Living through Beowulf_ With raccoons assaulting our birdfeeders while showing little fear of us, I think of the friendship Saint-Exupéry Little Prince develops with the fox. The post On Raccoons and Saint-Exupéry’s Little Prince first appeared on Better Living through Beowulf . ## [George Herbert: Joseph Story Prefigures Jesus](https://betterlivingthroughbeowulf.com/george-herbert-joseph-story-prefigures-jesus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=george-herbert-joseph-story-prefigures-jesus) _2026-08-09 · Robin Bates · Better Living through Beowulf_ In Herbert’s sonnet “Joseph’s Coat,” the Joseph story prefigures Jesus while comforting a poet worn out with illness. The post George Herbert: Joseph Story Prefigures Jesus first appeared on Better Living through Beowulf . ## [Dr. Seuss and Escalating AI](https://betterlivingthroughbeowulf.com/dr-seuss-and-escalating-ai/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dr-seuss-and-escalating-ai) _2026-08-07 · Robin Bates · Better Living through Beowulf_ As AI detection programs are developed to AI essay writing services, universities found themselves caught in an escalating war. Dr. Seuss’s Butter Battle Book understands the dynamics. The post Dr. Seuss and Escalating AI first appeared on Better Living through Beowulf . ## [On Pompeii, Hiroshima, and an Uncertain Future](https://betterlivingthroughbeowulf.com/on-pompeii-hiroshima-and-an-uncertain-future/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-pompeii-hiroshima-and-an-uncertain-future) _2026-08-06 · Robin Bates · Better Living through Beowulf_ A 1962 Richard Tillinghast poem remembering Hiroshima and fearing for the world’s future. The post On Pompeii, Hiroshima, and an Uncertain Future first appeared on Better Living through Beowulf .