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PEN Out Loud: Jemele Hill with Sunny Hostin

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[VIRTUAL] PEN Out Loud: Robert Jones, Jr. with Mateo Askaripour

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Headshots of PEN Out Loud speakers and interlocutors surrounded by assorted shapes and PEN Out Loud logo: Wole Soyinka, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny, and Susan Choi (first row); Pamela Paul, Lauren Oyler, Sandra Cisneros, and Jaime Manrique (second row)

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Literary royalty at @MilesCollege tonight with Birmingham native and National Book Award winner @imaniperry and @ALPoetLaureate Ashley M. Jones with support from @thankyou_bham. Inspiring evening. https://twitter.com/PENamerica/status/1618636171751342081

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Not enough words for the eloquence and generosity of @imaniperry in person. (And her laugh, her laughter, her smile—luminous.) ✨Do so wish I’d captured the image of @ALPoetLaureate’s purple sequins glimmering in the drizzle near a street lamp at @MilesCollege tonight.

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NEW today: lawmakers in at least 8 states have recently introduced bills targeting #DragShows

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This comes as all- age drag shows have become a flashpoint in America’s culture wars:

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