Where the Wild Things Are
"I believe we are defined more by what we have done than by what has been done to us. In that sense, we are more robust than those that… More
Where the Wild Things Aren’t: On the Banning of Sendak
With his work Sendak acknowledges darkness and fear, and provides an introduction to complicated thinking, the basis for reason and, fundamentally, humanism. The very things that protective censors wish… More
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News organizations are denied camera access to impeachment trial, leaving staff of Republican-controlled Senate dictating what viewers see—and rendering one-dimensional view focused only on the podium. https://nyti.ms/36o5uLm
Meet PEN America's Birmingham chapter leaders Alina Stefanescu (@aliner) & Ashley M. Jones (@ashberry813). The two poets are working with #PENAcrossAmerica to engage and energize Birmingham's writing community. Learn more: https://bit.ly/2RhTu9K.
Thanks to @senatemajldr we are now a nation reliant on govt-controlled TV to filter historic events through a prism that those in power choose. Just a few years ago we who lamented the very same restrictions in China, Iran, etc. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/business/media/impeachment-trial-media-coverage.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share