‘Write America’ Invites A Nation To Heal Through Its Authors
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Alice McDermott
Annette Hinkle on Feb 1, 2021
In the days and weeks following the 2020 presidential election, writer and Quogue resident Roger Rosenblatt began to feel a distinct sense of unease.
“When Biden and Harris won and Trump started his malevolent mischief — around November 10 or 11, a week after the election when all the results were in — the news went to riots in various cities where Trump-inspired thugs were fighting those who were celebrating,” Rosenblatt recalled. “The visual impact from that was severe.”
His was a common reaction, and one that only grew worse during the subsequent interregnum — the two months between the election and the date on which President Joseph Biden officially took office. Normally, it’s a period of calm, transition and celebration (for the victor’s camp, at least). This time around, it was anything but. The visual impact that first disturbed Rosenblatt in November culminated in all out mayhem that gripped Washington, D.C., on January 6, when supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in a misguided effort to overturn the presidential election.