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Apprentice Elegy

a literary-political reflection

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a. natasha joukovsky
Jul 29, 2024
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Jacques-Louis David, Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1801)

Hello friends,

In the wake of Vice President Harris’s galvanizing ascent, my mind has retreated just far enough from the precipice of sheer electoral anxiety to consider political thoughts of a more literary nature.

I’ve written previously about Donald Trump’s authorial tendencies and the authoritaria…

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