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heredia_alej Alejandro Heredia @heredia_alej ·
21 Mar

Still reeling from the Literary Activism Summit a few weeks ago. We got to talk banned books, community building through literature, activism, and what the amazing Iris Morales called our contemporary “battle of ideas.” @PENamerica @SchomburgCenter @RaquelWillis_

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ex4change Exchange for Change @ex4change ·
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Sign up for our newsletter to get notified of upcoming events! We love seeing students' work out in the world. All readings are from the 2022 PEN Prison Writing Awards Anthology

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penamerica PEN America @penamerica ·
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This #WomensHistoryMonth, PEN staff came together to list books that deeply impacted us, and helped us understand sisterhood, and the importance of lifting each other up through a poststructuralist, hetero-patriarchal world. Happy reading and growing!

https://bookshop.org/lists/let-the-women-inspire-you-this-womenshistorymonth

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