Teaching a lot of Orwell this spring in a writing class focused on questions of economic equality and justice. I mean inequality and injustice. Haven’t read him in a long time. Plan to re-engage here with Orwell as I reread his work. 1. Orwell is too rational. I mean that in the best way, but he’s an idealist realist, and his ideals […]
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