Common Sense (1776), Addressed to Today's Citizens of America: An Erasure
Crystal Simone Smith reworks Thomas Paine’s 1776 political address in an erasure for contemporary readers. By redirecting the language of Common Sense toward today’s citizens of America, this concise literary intervention encourages reflection on citizenship, history, public discourse, and the ideas that continue to shape the nation.
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Common Sense (1776), Addressed to Today's Citizens of America: An Erasure revisits a foundational American political text through a contemporary literary form.
Crystal Simone Smith brings the language of Thomas Paine’s eighteenth-century address into conversation with the present.
As an erasure, the work invites readers to consider what emerges when an established text is selectively reshaped and redirected.
The result is a reflective engagement with citizenship, public language, and America’s continuing political inheritance.
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