Little Sunshine
BETH: Dad storming around the house, demanding to know who let chickens into the house. (Mimicking her father as she takes the shaker from her mother) Chickens are food,… More
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This essay by Jonathan Zimmerman is the first in the Freedom to Learn series sponsored by PEN America, providing historical context for controversies surrounding free expression in education today. https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2022/08/15/truth-about-history-education-wars-2022/
#ReadMore @PENamerica’s “India at 75” collects dozens of writers’ voices/perspectives for August 15th/22, the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence — available online, here: https://pen.org/india-at-75/ https://twitter.com/mirakamdar/status/1559158810626891777