Transcript: President Obama on What Books Mean to Him - News Summed Up

Transcript: President Obama on What Books Mean to Him


Advertisement Continue reading the main storyIt’s interesting, when I read them, a lot of them had to do with older people. [Laughter]There were books that would blend, I think, really good writing with thriller genres. What books would you recommend at this moment in time, that captures this sense of turmoil? I know you like Junot Díaz’s and Jhumpa Lahiri’s books, and they speak to immigration or the American Dream. I think Lahiri’s books, I think Díaz’s books, do speak to a very particular contemporary immigration experience.


Source: New York Times January 16, 2017 08:31 UTC



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