Book #23. A deep, rich, and beautifully written story about Bernie Sanders AND Burlington (and the rest of), Vermont. Honestly, as I sit here now having just finished, it feels like one of the best books I’ve ever read.

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‘Don’t Open the Door—It’s Sanders!' Poet Dan Chiasson's 'Bernie for Burlington' functions as a triple bildungsroman of Bernie Sanders, the city of Burlington, and Chiasson himself.

"Why might a poet be a good person to write political biography? One answer: because a poet, if he’s good, cares less about sweeping assertions than about precision and exactingness."

@tonydomestico.bsky.social on @dchiasso.bsky.social on Bernie:

‘Have You Met Z?' | Dan Chiasson It was almost weird to walk around New York City and not run into him. “Z was in just yesterday,” the barista at Little Flower in Astoria told me,

According to Wellesley professor Dan Chiasson, Zohran Mamdani’s socialism is not, as some critics suggest, a stale collection of old creeds but a dynamic system with small businesses at its core.

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BERNIE FOR BURLINGTON: The Rise of the People’s Politician (Knopf, Feb 3, 2026), with an astonishing cover by Alison Bechdel

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