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Norman Kelley is an independent journalist, author, and former segment radio producer at WBAI 99.5 FM Pacifica Radio. He has written for Society, L A Weekly, The Brooklyn Rail, The Village Voice, The Nation, New York Press, Newsday, Word.com, The Black Star News, New Politics, Black Renaissance/Noir, and The Bedford Stuyvesant Current. He is also the author of the "noir soul"/ mystery series that features "Nina Halligan" in Black Heat (Amistad), The Big Mango (Akashic Books), and A Phat Death (2003). Norman Kelley was also a contributing writer to Brooklyn Noir (Akashic Books, 2004) and DC Noir (Akashic Books, 2006) and Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs at the Turn of the Millennium (Random House 2000). He edited and contributed to R&B (Rhythm and Business): The Political Economy of Black Music (Akashic Books, 2005; 2002).

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AUGUST 24, 2011 1:05PM

Presidential Book Monitoring: the New Book Burning

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As bad as book burning is,  presidential book monitoring,  as practiced by the left and right, is just as odious. In the past few days Salon has featured either articles or postings  regarding complaints by what Obama is and isn't reading on his vacation. He's battered because he isn't reading any or enough books by either conservatives or by women.

What this shows is that, in essence, the American right and left are just mirror images of each other. Neither hesitates in trying to exploit the book preferences of a president, while on vacation, for an agenda.

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After listening to Obama for the past 3 years I have my doubts as to his ability to actually read.
Jack Heart
August 24, 2011 06:23 PM
Hmm, the man's a law professor by training. How could he not read? Oh, you mean he's incapable of reading the political landscape? That I would agree with -- if that's what you're signifying.
norman kelley
August 24, 2011 06:29 PM
He can't win, no matter what. The TARP is working, but who ever hears that? The gov't made money saving the auto industry, not to mention jobs. The Republicans have said from the beginning that their one aim is to make Obama fail, regardless of what it does to the country.
madhuri
August 29, 2011 09:54 PM

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