Thursday, September 22, 2005

Sharon Olds: No Thanks Mrs. Bush

Poet Sharon Olds has declined an invitation by Laura Bush to attend the National Book Festival in Washington, beginning this weekend. Here is an excerpt from her letter to the First Lady.

So many Americans who had felt pride in our country now feel anguish and shame, for the current regime of blood, wounds and fire. I thought of the clean linens at your table, the shining knives and the flames of the candles, and I could not stomach it.

via HuffPo

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