Watching Obama
Edna O’Brien may be best known for her controversial and celebrated novels, but as she told The Daily Beast, shortly after the election of Barack Obama, she “felt compelled to write a poem about this remarkable and unique man.”

Edna O’Brien may be best known for her controversial and celebrated novels, but as she told The Daily Beast, shortly after the election of Barack Obama, she “felt compelled to write a poem about this remarkable and unique man.”
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