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Common Sense (1776), Addressed to Today's Citizens of America: An Erasure
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Dissecting the work of Thomas Paine, this re-interpretation of Common Sense offers fresh and compelling insights into the original text and examines the work through a modern lens.
From an award-winning poet, a rousing act of erasure poetry that compels us to reexamine one of America’s most significant founding texts
Crystal Simone Smith’s powerful work exposes the uncomfortable truth about America’s founding text. While Common Sense is celebrated as a cornerstone of American democracy, Thomas Paine's arguments for “total freedom and equality” were written exclusively for white men—completely excluding women and people of color from his vision of liberation.
Through inn...
Crystal Simone Smith’s powerful work exposes the uncomfortable truth about America’s founding text. While Common Sense is celebrated as a cornerstone of American democracy, Thomas Paine's arguments for “total freedom and equality” were written exclusively for white men—completely excluding women and people of color from his vision of liberation.
Through inn...
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