{"article":{"__typename":"BlogArticle","id":"BlogArticle:6655","categories":[],"content":[{"__typename":"ArticleParagraphContent","subtype":null,"idAttr":"","innerHtml":"Dana Goldstein pines for the old Michelle Obama. Understandable. But it's hard to be the insurrectionist, when your the First Lady."}],"editorialProject":null,"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Culture","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/","slug":"culture"},"reviews":[],"embeds":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:1298","displayName":"Ta-Nehisi Coates","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/ta-nehisi-coates/","biography":{"default":"Ta-Nehisi Coates is a former national correspondent for The Atlantic. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, We Were Eight Years in Power, The Water Dancer, and Between the World and Me, which won the National Book Award for nonfiction.","__typename":"Biography"},"socialMedia":[],"__typename":"Author","slug":"ta-nehisi-coates"}],"preview":null,"layout":"standard","secondaryByline":"","dek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2009/01/memories-don-apos-t-live-like-people-do/6655/","title":"Memories don't live like people do","seoTitle":"Memories don't live like people do","dateModified":"2009-01-30T12:27:50Z","datePublished":"2009-01-30T13:00:00Z","hasMeter":true,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Culture","__typename":"Channel","slug":"culture"},"shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareDek":"","shareText":null,"shareTitle":"Memories don't live like people do","editorsNote":null,"leadArt":null,"narratedAudio":null,"narratedAudioImage":null,"fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/6655/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2009/01/memories-don-apos-t-live-like-people-do/6655/","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"channels":[{"slug":"culture","__typename":"Channel"}],"watsonInfo":{"keywords":["Dana Goldstein pines","old Michelle Obama"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo"},"slug":"memories-don-apos-t-live-like-people-do","grapeshot":{"segments":["gv_safe","gb_safe","pos_lexus_fy23","pos_safe_core","pos_safe_strict","gs_politics","gs_politics_american","gs_politics_issues_policy","shadow9hu7_pos_bofa-kwlist"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"}}}

Sections

The Print Edition