Read Tom Hayden on Obama

Adam Doster

Sure, his thinking is often buttressed with a heavy dose of nostalgia, but man can he write. Must have been something he learned in Ann Arbor.

Adam Doster, a contributing editor at In These Times, is a Chicago-based freelance writer and former reporter-blogger for Progress Illinois.
The text is from the poem “QUADRENNIAL” by Golden, reprinted with permission. It was first published in the Poetry Project. Inside front cover photo by Golden.
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