Former President of the USA and author, Barack Obama is an inspiration to many people. Reacting to an increase in the number of books being banned in the US recently, Obama took to social media where he spoke up against it and called the book bans "profoundly misguided".
Speaking on how books have shaped him, Obama said in a letter which he posted on social media, "Books have always shaped how I experience the world. Writers like Mark Twain and Toni Morrison, Walt Whitman and James Baldwin taught me something essential about out country's character. Reading about people whose lives were very different from mine showed me how to step into someone else's shoes. And he simple act of writing helped me develop my own identity-- all of which would prove cital as a citizen, as a community organizer, and as president."
