Jared Yates Sexton

Georgia Southern University / New Republic / Atticus Review

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Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Georgia Southern University and contributor to Atticus Review and New Republic

Jared Yates Sexton on KCRW

Against a background of police killings, terrorism and an attempted coup in Turkey, Republicans are gathered in Cleveland to nominate Donald Trump.

The Trump National Convention in Cleveland

Against a background of police killings, terrorism and an attempted coup in Turkey, Republicans are gathered in Cleveland to nominate Donald Trump.

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Negative ratings for Donald Trump are off the chart, but he beat 16 other Republicans to become the Party's presumptive presidential nominee.

Donald Trump and a Divided America

Negative ratings for Donald Trump are off the chart, but he beat 16 other Republicans to become the Party's presumptive presidential nominee.

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