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Michael Lind

Michael Lind is the author of more than a dozen books of nonfiction, fiction and poetry, including The New Class War and Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States. His narrative poem The Alamo was named one of the best books of the year in 1997 by the Los Angeles Times Book Review and Bluebonnet Girl, his children’s book in verse illustrated by Kate Kiesler, won an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio prize. He has been an editor or staff writer at The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, The New Republic and The National Interest and is a columnist for Tablet and Project Syndicate and a fellow at New America, a nonpartisan think tank he co-founded in 1999. A fifth generation native of Austin, Texas, Lind has taught at Harvard and Johns Hopkins and is a professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

POEM: Looking for the Republic

We’re proud to be featuring Michael Lind’s work at Liberty Island. This is the sixth of eight poems.

POEM: Twin Oaks

Editor’s note:  We’re proud to be featuring Michael Lind’s work at Liberty Island. This is the fifth of eight poems.

Poem: What Summer Said

We’re proud to be featuring Michael Lind’s work at Liberty Island. This is the fourth of eight poems.

Poem: Song of the Diner Cashier

We’re proud to be featuring Michael Lind’s work at Liberty Island. This is the third of eight poems.

Funeral Women

As we noted last week, we’re proud to be featuring Michael Lind’s work at Liberty Island. This is the second of eight poems.

A New Poem: After Midnight

Poetry Editor’s note: Michael Lind, a premier public intellectual and academic, is also a stellar poet, so it goes without saying that we at Liberty Island are thrilled to begin featuring his work, starting today. A new poem of his will run each week.


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