Blogs Mainstream K goes to Washington Mainstream KJanuary 26, 2009 For last week’s investigation, I decided to take part in the ultimate patriotic Mainstream activity–the Inauguration of President Barack Obama! If you’re rolling your eyes because you think this is…Read
Features & Reviews Rumpus Original Faint Praise for “Praise Song” Brian SpearsJanuary 21, 2009 As a poet, I appreciate the gesture made toward the arts when the President-elect asks a poet to present a work at his or her inauguration.Read
Features & Reviews Politics Reviews Rumpus Original Remembrance of Things Past Joshua MohrJanuary 20, 2009 A review of Ethan Canin’s America AmericaRead
Features & Reviews Politics Obama Gets Advice from America’s Kids Michele KnappJanuary 16, 2009 Hot off the presses is a new book by kids titled Thanks and Have Fun Running the Country. Students of non-profit writing center 826 Valencia haveRead
Politics Barack Obama: Those Johnny Cakes’ll getcha Jesse NathanJanuary 9, 2009 Obama moonlights as a food critic on Chicago’s WTTW. He plugs the Dixie Kitchen for its Southern Sampler (perfect, he says, for the indecisive),Read