Published in 2017
Edited by Zoe Leonard. With contributions by Morgan Bassichis, Justin Vivian Bond & Nath Ann Carrera, Mel Elberg, Malik Gaines, Sharon Hayes, Zoe Leonard, Fred Moten & Stefano Harney, Eileen Myles, Alexandro Segade, Pamela Sneed, Layli Long Soldier, and Wu Tsang.
Design by Joseph Logan
51 pages, 2 black-and-white images, staple-bound, 8 x 10 inches
I want a president documents the readings, speeches, and performances that took place in the afternoon of November 6, 2016, on the High Line in New York City, on the cusp of the election of Donald Trump. Artists, poets, and performers reflected on political leadership and community action in relation to Zoe Leonard’s 1992 text work I want a president.
