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Dan Chiasson traces Bernie Sanders's unlikely rise from Burlington communes to City Hall in this intimate conversation about his new "people's epic." Joined by Colette Shade, the Vermont native poet unpacks how a socialist mayor built a coalition of hippies, nuns, cops, and ice cream makers.
literary event
author conversation
political history
Vermont stories
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âšïžcheck out the public typewriter while you're there
Dan Chiasson: Bernie for Burlington
Old Fourth Ward




Dan Chiasson traces Bernie Sanders's unlikely rise from Burlington communes to City Hall in this intimate conversation about his new "people's epic." Joined by Colette Shade, the Vermont native poet unpacks how a socialist mayor built a coalition of hippies, nuns, cops, and ice cream makers.
literary event
author conversation
political history
Vermont stories
Tips
đbook traces Sanders' rise from communes to City Hall
âšïžcheck out the public typewriter while you're there
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