Comments on: Reading ‘Netherland’

By: PBC Blog » Web Roundup: PBC Books and Authors

PBC Blog » Web Roundup: PBC Books and Authors — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:56:14 +0000

[...] WBUR’s On Point: Reading Netherland Netherland author Joseph O’Neill — and James McBride, bestselling author of The Color of Water — on President Obama’s first read in the White House. Related Book: Netherland (Learn more) [...]

By: Obama Recommends “What is the What” & Other News « Literary Obama

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:35:26 +0000

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By: Mike Feinstein

Mike Feinstein — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:04:46 +0000

The podcast RSS feed for this show is broken. It keeps adding entries for yesterday’s shows. Please fix this as my iTunes is getting clogged with this.

By: David Wackell

David Wackell — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:50:08 +0000

I feel this president could represent the multicultural/multi-ethnic America of now. However, with more than one albatross (specificity of race, identity issues, politics) and a constituency that calls him Black and his convenient identity as Black seem a travesty, which marginalizes the true impact that a man of such varied background could represent and be – “All American”.

By: Obama’s Book Club [Dan Collins]

Obama’s Book Club [Dan Collins] — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:37:21 +0000

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By: Joan Countryman

Joan Countryman — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:55:11 +0000

The wonderful and painful indie film, “Goodbye Solo,” speaks to the changes in the U.S. that On Point is discussing this hour.

By: John Cotter

John Cotter — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:41:07 +0000

For a somewhat more contrarian take, I suggest Steve Donoghue’s well-written critique in Open Letters Monthly: http://openlettersmonthly.com/blog/microreview-netherland/