Archive - Literary Citizen

Adjudicating Donald Trump

Holding charismatic characters accountable

Apr 5, 2023 •

March 2023

Demon Copperhead and Bearing Witness

When fictional characters live through real events

Mar 17, 2023 •

Literature as Radical Empathy

Persona poems and the politics of equity & inclusion

Mar 3, 2023 •

February 2023

When Perspectives Shift

Re-reading American classics in 2023

Feb 17, 2023 •

Who Gets to Tell the Story?

Edward P. Jones, Ron DeSantis, and The 1619 Project

Feb 3, 2023 •

January 2023

Moving Forward in An Age of Grief

What collective loss means for us, and the presidency

Jan 13, 2023 •

The Power of We: A January 6 Story

We the People, "We the Animals"

Jan 6, 2023 •

December 2022

The Talented Mr. Santos

Truth and consequences in NY-03

Dec 30, 2022 •

When Rituals – and Candidates – Go Unquestioned

What Shirley Jackson’s lottery says about Georgia, and us

Dec 10, 2022 •

A World on Repeat

On turning points in poetry and gun control policy

Dec 2, 2022 •

November 2022

The 2022 Literary Citizen Gift Guide

Thoughtful selections for you and yours

Nov 25, 2022 •

Is This a Today Thing?

Weathering climate change in a sea of urgencies

Nov 18, 2022 •

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