details evoking the other Illinois upstart he has often claimed as his model: Obama, we were told, would be swearing in on Abraham Lincoln's Bible, eating his favourite dishes off replicas of chinaware Mary Todd Lincoln selected in 1861. Fewer noted, however, that the woman Obama chose as his inaugural poet reinforced the comparison. Throughout her career, Elizabeth Alexander has sought to position herself as an heir to Walt Whitman, Lincoln's fervent devotee. Whitman only ever saw Lincoln from afar.
from The Guardian: I hear America singing
also Yale Daily News: Alexander: 'A lot of people stop me in the street'
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