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JOIN, or DIE*
*Just Kidding* *But not in 1754...

A brief reflection on the way history can haunt us through art, and on how history lives in the mind.

An unfinished yet elegant lyric poem about the epic dissolution of the historic friendship between John Adams and Jonathan Sewall in 1774.

A reflection on shared knowledge and memory, as expressed in a 1765 primary source from the NYC Stamp Act riot.