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Marilynne Summers Robinson (born November 26, 1943) [2] is an American novelist and essayist. ... A September 2015 interview with Barack Obama in Des Moines, ...
Former President of the United States Barack Obama lists the novel as one of his favorites. On September 14, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa, in a reversal of the usual journalistic convention, President Obama interviewed Marilynne Robinson for The New York Review of Books, and told her,
“Reading Genesis” by Marilynne Robinson “Headshot” by Rita Bullwinkel ... This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Barack Obama's summer 2024 music, books recommendations. Show comments.
Former president’s love letters to his ex-girlfriend reveal his ‘androgynous mind’
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In an interview with the BBC in June 2009, US President Barack Obama revealed that he was reading it, describing it as "an excellent novel." [9] Among the books on the longlist, it was the favourite to win the Man Booker Prize. [10] However, on 9 September 2008, the Booker shortlist was announced, and the novel failed to make the list. [11]
Michelle and Barack Obama led a chorus of politicians and celebrities in paying tribute to her late mother, Marian Robinson. Ms Robinson, known as the “first grandma” or “grandma in ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama who moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama was elected president, has died. She was 86. Mrs. Robinson's death was announced by Michelle Obama and other family members in a statement that said “there was and will be only one Marian ...