August 28th, 2009 / 11:41 am
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Slate’s got President Obama’s summer reading list, along with analysis of same-

• The Way Home by George Pelecanos, a crime thriller based in Washington, D.C.;
• Lush Life by Richard Price, a story of race and class set in New York’s Lower East Side;
• Tom Friedman’s Hot, Flat, and Crowded, on the benefits to America of an environmental revolution;
• John Adams by David McCullough;
• Plainsong by Kent Haruf, a drama about the life of eight different characters living in a Colorado prairie community.

6 Comments

  1. August 28th, 2009 / 5:49 pm Drew—

      Can’t really deal with Friedman. Adams bio seems like a pretty light history. Although I’mj reading Theodore Rex, which is equally fluffy, and enjoying the hell out of it.

  2. August 28th, 2009 / 1:49 pm Drew—

      Can’t really deal with Friedman. Adams bio seems like a pretty light history. Although I’mj reading Theodore Rex, which is equally fluffy, and enjoying the hell out of it.

  3. August 28th, 2009 / 2:08 pm Justin Taylor—

      Yes, Friedman is a–the–Blowhard. I’ll respect O less if he finishes that one.

  4. August 28th, 2009 / 6:08 pm Justin Taylor—

      Yes, Friedman is a–the–Blowhard. I’ll respect O less if he finishes that one.

  5. August 29th, 2009 / 6:29 am Jonny Ross—

      Lush Life is good.

  6. August 29th, 2009 / 2:29 am Jonny Ross—

      Lush Life is good.