The Living Room

Graphic Narrative
By: | November 9, 2012

“The Living Room” is excerpted from A Game for Swallows by Zeina Abirached and translated by Edward Gauvin. It appears in PEN America 12: Correspondences. More

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Here at PEN America, we have long documented the threat #disinformation poses to public discourse and empowerment. To counter that threat, we launched our media literacy program, Knowing the News in 2020. https://pen.org/knowing-the-news/ (1/3)

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One teacher's complaint means 116 books are now "Restricted" in all @ecpsfl libraries.

Authors affected include: @nhannahjones @DrIbram @IamGMJohnson @ashleyhopeperez @KyleLukoff @jodipicoult @SJMaas @lxgino @ShaunieDarko @JoKnowles & @MargaretAtwood
https://www.wkrg.com/northwest-florida/escambia-county/florida-teacher-wants-review-of-over-100-books-discussing-sexual-political-and-lgtbq-topics/

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tasslynm Dr. Tasslyn Magnusson @tasslynm ·
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This thread.

It's never "just a book" and it's never just "banned" - it's a far reaching chilling of the critical work of K-12 educators.

It is wrong. And It's unAmerican. https://twitter.com/jonfreadom/status/1576231440815357955

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