As you may have discerned from Matt Malone s posts a few of us at America are besotted with John Adams the second president that is not the composer Last night I watched an advance copy of the final episode of HBO s stupendous series John Adams starring Paul Giamatti and Laura Linne

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For the reader whose misfortune it is not to have yet discovered Kelly Cherry's poems , this is your lucky day. Cherry's new book offers a generous sampling of the poet's work, culled from six previous volumes.

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