Artists at Risk Connection Gap Year/Postgrad Fellowship Program 2023-2024
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School book bans spur a growing counteroffensive, reports @NPR
"PEN America says book bans in public school libraries this year are on pace to top last year's high mark... 2,500 instances of book bans in U.S. schools. Most were #LGBTQ- or race-related."
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/23/1164284891/book-bans-school-libraries-florida
Friends in NY: don't miss this one! Contemporary Ukrainian writing at its finest in a new collection in translation! Proud to have my translation of @sumriko Iya Kiva's work included. @PENamerica @HarrimanInst @craftmgzn @kate_kazimirova @anashensky @8thandAtlas https://twitter.com/razomforukraine/status/1638627860188655616
The stuff of legends https://twitter.com/PENamerica/status/1638729237027864579