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Time in Yerevan: 11:07,   29 March 2024

Obama interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson

Obama interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 13, ARMENPRESS. US President Barack Obama interviewed Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson. “Armenpress” reports referring to U.S. News and World Report that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson was asked about faith, democracy, education and writing. Obama explained that he met with Robinson because he was anxious to have an unscripted discussion with someone he admired.

"One of the things that I don't get a chance to do as often as I'd like is just to have a conversation with somebody who I enjoy and I'm interested in," he told Robinson, "to hear from them and have a conversation with them about some of the broader cultural forces that shape our democracy and shape our ideas and shape how we feel about citizenship and the direction that the country should be going in.

Obama is a longtime fan of Robinson and her novel "Gilead," an Iowa-based narrative that the president said he had read while visiting the state as a candidate.

"Gilead" was the first of a Robinson trilogy of stories set in a rural Iowa community. The other novels were "Home" and "Lila."

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