NYC Mayoral Candidates on Literary Arts: Maya Wiley
“This high stakes, professionalized sense of arts and culture. . . it’s something that we have to change, particularly when we think of who our student populations are.” More
NYC Mayoral Candidates Talk to New York Literary Action Coalition
Contenders for New York City mayor have proclaimed their commitment to financially supporting writers and the literary arts if elected. More
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Join us to hear Linda Labeija read work from the 2022 Prison Writing Awards at Break Out on Dec 2nd. RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/break-out-celebrating-the-2022-pen-america-prison-writing-award-winners-tickets-433513068257
So I did a thing for #GivingTuesday ! Do you support the FReadom to read? Then fight back by making your own Orange Challenge video and donate to organizations defending FReadom like @PENamerica @OIF @EveryLibrary @UABookBans https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRCuYYMG/
"In the case of social media, the regulation of your speech is the product. If a platform becomes too toxic, then it is useless for anyone except those who want an extremist ghetto of agitators," writes @NesrineMalik https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/28/elon-musk-twitter-free-speech-donald-trump-kanye-west #FreeSpeech #ElonMusk #Twitter