NEW YORK – In case you’re wondering which books to read this fall, Michael Moore has a suggestion: Don’t
read any.
Not the new fiction by Toni Morrison or Philip Roth or Stephen King. Not that policy book by Sen. Barack Obama, whom Moore is supporting for president; or Bob Woodward‘s latest on the Bush administration; or Thomas Friedman’s manifesto on the environment.
Not even a little paperback meant as a handbook to the political campaigns. It’s called “Mike’s Election Guide 2008” and it’s written by a certain Academy Award-winning filmmaker and well known agitator named Michael Moore.
“There really is no time for any frivolity. People are already working two jobs to put gas in the tank, so they can drive from the first job to the second job. People need to spend as much of their free time as possible for candidates,” says Moore, who believes that electing progressives will improve the economy, and in the long run, enable people to read more.
“I would rather you go and work for a local candidate than read my book.”
A multibillion-dollar industry has been built around such “frivolity” and if Moore is looking for an argument — as he often is — he can begin with the team at Grand Central Publishing that’s releasing “Mike’s Election … continue reading this entry.
KOMUNITAS HAUS BUKU 