News, Reviews, and InterviewsElectric Literature rounds up a farewell to “Reader-in-Chief” President Obama, recalling each and every one of President Obama’s book recommendations, reading lists,…
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December 16, 2016News, Reviews, and Interviews Obama administration speechwriter Jonathan Reiber writes about “the end of a literary presidency” in this Literary Hub article. Guernica inter…
November 14, 2012Photo by Christopher DiltsAs a refugee from Vietnam, a country colonized by the French and then fought over by the Americans and the Soviet Union, I see the Obama presidency as spelling the end of a f…
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