Common Sense (1776), Addressed to Today's Citizens of America
An Erasure
$43.20
- Hardcover
112 pages
- Release Date
21 April 2026
Summary
A revolutionary work of erasure poetry that exposes the contradictions in Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, calling for a new definition of citizenship that embraces all Americans.
From an award-winning poet, a rousing act of erasure poetry that compels us to reexamine one of America’s most significant founding texts.
Crystal Simone Smith’s powerful work exposes the uncomfortable truth about America’s founding text. While Common Sense is celebrated as a cornerston…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780807023389 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0807023388 |
| Author: | Crystal Simone Smith |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press |
| Imprint: | Beacon Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 21 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“[A] sagacious and resounding performance … [S]harply relevant in this time of accelerated challenges to the constitution and the rule of law and renewed attacks on the rights of women, immigrants, people of color, trans people, and all who question the government.”
—Booklist
About The Author
Crystal Simone Smith
Crystal Simone Smith is an award-winning poet and educator. She is the author of Runagate- Songs of the Freedom Bound and Dark Testament, as well as three poetry chapbooks. In 2022, her collection of haiku, Ebbing Shore, won The Haiku Foundation Touchstone Distinguished Book Award. Smith is the recipient of a Duke Humanities Unbounded Fellowship. Her work has appeared in numerous journals, including Prairie Schooner, POETRY Magazine, Crab Orchard Review, Frogpond, and Modern Haiku. She teaches in the Thompson Writing Program at Duke University and writes poetry about the human condition and social change. Smith is the current President of the Haiku Society of America.
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