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Spoke to @jeremycyoung of @PENamerica about Florida’s higher ed restrictions & why they are “straight out of the global authoritarian playbook”
https://www.codastory.com/rewriting-history/floridas-university-restrictions/
Join us and actor, author, and former Obama White House aide Kal Penn at the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony on March 2. https://pen.org/event/2023-pen-america-literary-awards/
“When children love a book, they take it with them through their life.” @SalmanRushdie https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/salman-rushdie-surviving-fatwa/ via @NewYorker #ChildrensBooks