September 20, 2005

Dear Mrs. Bush

Poet Sharon Olds writes a letter to the First Lady:

Dear Mrs. Bush,

I am writing to let you know why I am not able to accept your kind invitation to give a presentation at the National Book Festival on September 24, or to attend your dinner at the Library of Congress or the breakfast at the White House.

To find out her reasons, read No Place for a Poet at a Banquet of Shame.

posted by Laila Lalami at 12:00 AM