You HAVE To Read Newly Released Letters Obama Wrote To His First Girlfriend

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So, Barack Obama is a romantic at heart — that goes without saying.

In nine letters he sent to his first girlfriend, Alexandra McNear, Obama’s writings have been described as “lyrical and poetic,” offering insight into the mind of a young man whose path ended up at the White House.

The letter are now available at Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library.

“I think of you often, though I stay confused about my feeling. It seems we will ever want what we cannot have; that’s what binds us; that’s what keeps us apart,” one excerpt read.

Another says, “My ideas aren’t as crystallised as they were while in school, but they have an immediacy and weight that may be more useful if and when I’m less observer and more participant… Salaries in the community organisations are too low to survive on right now, so I hope to work in some more conventional capacity for a year, allowing me to store up enough nuts to pursue those interests next.”

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