Available Feb. 4, the edition will include Obama’s inaugural address (2009); Abraham Lincoln’s ... s essay on self-reliance (1841). The book goes on sale for $12 Feb. 4. Also, Graywolf Press ...

More novel than short story, more ballad than poem -- writers agree that restraint and plain speaking were the qualities that distinguished President Obama’s inaugural address. Long on plot (and ...

So don't be surprised if Obama references the bad economy and the two wars that prevailed when he took the oath of office in 2009 ... gave a second inaugural address in which he reported economic ...

Although many Americans heard Barack Obama's inauguration speech, they probably weren't listening for plyptotons and catachresis — but Geoff Nunberg was. Nunberg teaches at the University of ...

A study published last summer looking at pronoun use in 1.2 million books in the Google ... Perhaps Obama’s call to women in his second inaugural address was a nod to all that.

In 2009, Obama had to hold out hope without ... an African-American sworn in as chief executive. Obama's inaugural address was widely seen as a bit of a letdown. "A hodgepodge," wrote John Judis ...

As Obama begins his Inaugural Address, he'll have two significant passages on government's role in these times. They largely echo his themes from the campaign, but it's striking to see him ...