Interview: Author and Former Aide to Dick Durbin

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Kathleen Rooney.

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O, DEMOCRACY! is a hilarious and heartbreaking story about American politics and the difficult business of being a good citizen: walking the tricky line between self-sacrifice and self-sabotage, between doing your part and knowing your place.

Kathleen’s essays and criticism have appeared in Allure, The Believer, The Nation, The New York Times, Washington Post, and elsewhere. She is the author of six books of poetry and nonfiction. She lives in Chicago.

O, DEMOCRACY! is a hilarious and heartbreaking story about American politics and the difficult business of being a good citizen: walking the tricky line between self-sacrifice and self-sabotage, between doing your part and knowing your place.

Kathleen’s essays and criticism have appeared in Allure, The Believer, The Nation, The New York Times, Washington Post, and elsewhere. She is the author of six books of poetry and nonfiction. She lives in Chicago.

Date Recorded: 3/31/2014

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