Political Sign (Object Lessons)

"During a moment in which Americans are besieged by an onslaught of political messaging from the sublime to the ridiculous, this slim, thoughtful volume helps make sense of what we’re seeing. Tobias Carroll has written a timely meditation on the political sign, an object that telegraphs our deeply held beliefs and exists in “the space between poetry and prose.” It’s not only billboards, bumper stickers and lawn signs that count here, but also Banksy’s street art, Roger Stone’s Richard Nixon tattoo and David Wojnarowicz’s leather jacket – tools used to curate our identities, proto-memes that marry art and protest. You won’t look at a MAGA hat the same way again."