Book of the Month: A Promised Land by Barack Obama (2020) Critical Evaluation "Barack Obama is as fine a writer as they come. It is not merely that this book avoids being ponderous, as might be expected, even forgiven, of a hefty memoir, but that it is nearly always pleasurable to read, sentence by sentence, the prose gorgeous in places, the detail granular and vivid. From Southeast Asia to a forgotten school in South Carolina, he evokes the sense of place with a light but sure hand.” Ngozi Adichie, Chimamanda, "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’," The New York [...]