A Sudden Crackdown
The crackdown on books and freedom of expression in schools and libraries is real, frightening, and moving at pandemic speed.
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A Winner Speaks Out (and Congratulations!)
Congratulating Malinda Lo on her National Book Award win, taking place in a climate of censorship about which she has spoken out, and I speak out too.
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Women’s March
A report on the 2020 Women’s March in NYC and why we need to start putting up Hong Kong numbers if we want to keep our democracy.
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Do We Have a Responsibility?
A discussion of the extent to which adults should protect children and teens against potentially disturbing or culturally problematic content in books.
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Against Monoculture
With the cancellation of two YA novels already this year, the PEN America annual meeting and panel discussion moderated by PEN Executive Director Suzanne Nossel on the...
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
