The book I am currently reading is The shores of Bohemia: a Cape Cod story, by John Taylor Williams (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022). We have just gotten through World War I and the Sacco-Vanzetti trial and execution. Plenty of writers and artists were involved in protesting the trial where the judge implied that the fact Sacco and Vanzetti were immigrants was perhaps the greater crime. Sounds too familiar. It sometimes seems like Trump's bullying and nastiness are singular. His narcissism and glee in being mean may be singular but othering, alas, is close to eternal.
If you want to read a review of the book by Andrew Sullivan, this one (click here) appeared in July 2022 in the New York times.
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