Execute the Office : essays with presidents

Execute the Office : essays with presidents

Reno, NV : Baobab Press, 2021.

[8], 195 p. ; 21 cm.

353.031 R136 2021

(OCoLC)1152352898

"Uses lyric prose and formal invention to explore the humanity, or lack thereof, that thrived in each of the forty-five American presidents. Whether these powerful individuals were celebrated for infamous deeds and heroism, or forgotten as placeholders in the annals of American history, too often presidents are commemorated by the sterility of simple fact. Execute the Office builds upon factual accuracy with essays that are equally invested in lyrical writing and experimental forms. To balance these factions, Execute the Office uses constraint, metaphor, allusion, and epiphany to explore not just the facts and artifacts of history, but describe the connections between those facts and human nature in thought-provoking and inventive ways. These essays discuss the modes in which we remember. Through death songs, footnotes, infinite rooms, evacuation routes, and nomenclatures, to name a few examples, these diverse essays engage with history from fresh perspectives ..."--Publisher's description.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-193).
L2021M43
SOC Library acknowledged: p. 194.

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