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Randall Kenan

Randall Kenan  is a professor of English at the University of North Carolina and the author of A Visitation of Spirits and Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, among other books.

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An intimate view of a great American writer

by Randall Kenan | Monday, December 02, 2019

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Where Does American History Begin?

by Ted Widmer

In honor of the Fourth of July, we’re revisiting Ted Widmer’s 2008 piece “Where Does American History Begin?” For many, the obvious answer is in 1776 Philadelphia, with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Others might argue that hints of modern America emerged in the Jamestown and Plymouth settlements. But America’s true beginnings, Widmer writes, go back much further.

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