In America, Jamaican immigrant Claude McKay reminds America what makes it great, even as he exposes its dark side.
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America, Racist and Revolutionary Both
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America, a Land in Perpetual Search
The hero of Neil Gaiman’s “American Gods” shows America how it can live in perpetual search. Insisting that the country look a certain way leads to violence.
Depressed about Politics? Read Whitman
Marilynne Robinson turns to Whitman to argue that American Democracy’s greatness lies in how it honors the individual soul.
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