Presidential
In this presidential election year, poet Carol Kanter issues an elegant warning of a certain candidate “assuming, accruing power.”
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Man of the World
The American Scholar
As Annette Gordon-Reed notes in this review, John Quincy Adams is probably best known through Steven Spielberg's portrayal of him, in the film Amistad, where he defends enslaved people who revolted aboard a slave ship. He was also a President of the United States and the son of a President. As we consider an election contest that might be one between two "dynastic" seekers of the office, this biography offers a look back at the first "dynastic" presidency.
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