The day after the day after theTrump election two good friends, who both teach in colleges that are hardly havens for the 1%, reacted to the election results this way: One cried “How can I teach literature in the face of this?” The other reported he spent the afternoon of November 9 with his honors class — sitting in a circle reading in turn lines from “Leaves of Grass.”
What do we believe in? How do we go on?
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This is a painting Baz did yesterday, called “Perch: November 9, 2016” — from his newest series — because that’s what he did.