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Get loud. This is devastating and cannot pass, period.
Sounds good to me.
With the three latest titles – bestsellers Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, Nineteen Minutes by @jodipicoult.bsky.social and The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky – Utah has banned 22 books from all public schools. pen.org/utah-no-read...
"We aren't going to stop book bans without a fight," says @jodipicoult.bsky.social, whose #1 New York Times bestseller Nineteen Minutes has been banned more times than almost any other book since 2021.
Join us—and Jodi—in the fight against banned books with a donation at pen.org/25joinjodi today.
Can’t believe @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social beat me out….🫤 (kidding. This is the award no one wants to win.)
Arielle Jacobs singing from Between The Lines musical with a full orchestra! m.youtube.com/watch?v=gU4i...
THE BOOK THIEF is nominated for the WhatsOnStage awards. If you could vote, I'd be SO GRATEFUL. Winning this would bring us closer to a full production. Click on link, enter email & location (US friends, click OTHER at the bottom), scroll to Best Concert Event and double click on THE BOOK THIEF.
It was an honor to be part of America’s Book Club on C-Span. www.c-span.org/program/book...
It’s Thanksgiving. Perhaps you can make someone else give thanks? See below a fundraiser for Dawn Ruprecht, who has incurred legal fees after being targeted by a book banning extremist out to get librarians. Please help.
It's come to my attention that some people have received AI-generated emails about collaborating with me and/or my agent. I have not and would never send out those emails. If you get one...it's NOT ME!
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This is amazing!
We have offered to help fund that if they find a venue.
The same way a single parent who hasn't read a book can get it banned.
Breaking news: censorship isn't just for banned books anymore. My musical Between the Lines was cancelled due to the comments of a single parent.
Look what’s coming in March! @simonandschuster.bsky.social @alicehoffmannart.bsky.social @jodipicoult.bsky.social @laurazigman.bsky.social
Tickets still available for 10/26!
“When stories are silenced, so are the lessons they carry.” - @jodipicoult.bsky.social reminding us to defend our right to read, speak, and live our truths
Join us in holding these truths: weholdtruths.org
#WeHoldTheseTruths #BannedBooksWeek
![I read an early draft of By Any Other Name while at the beach with my family. I remember the moment I first encountered Shakespeare in the text. I was not happy: “This [man] was slighter, with a receding hairline and a weak chin badly camouflaged by a dark beard” (144). Emilia immediately remembers reading one of his very bad plays as Hunsdon’s companion. At the bar, Shakespeare claims, “I, too, will write for the stage” and Emilia thinks “Badly” (144). When reading this exchange, I thought: “Jodi, you don’t have to be so mean about it.” Quickly, though, I realized that this is exactly the sentiment built by Shakespeareans Picoult wanted to poke at—the belief that Shakespeare is a god beyond reproach.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yikxwunznk25qg42ugbzwfz4/bafkreigejypznwjlne3z2ow2sxlxo5e4bnzyibrbsrst6px7q2uvsspctu@jpeg)
I read an early draft of By Any Other Name while at the beach with my family. I remember the moment I first encountered Shakespeare in the text. I was not happy: “This [man] was slighter, with a receding hairline and a weak chin badly camouflaged by a dark beard” (144). Emilia immediately remembers reading one of his very bad plays as Hunsdon’s companion. At the bar, Shakespeare claims, “I, too, will write for the stage” and Emilia thinks “Badly” (144). When reading this exchange, I thought: “Jodi, you don’t have to be so mean about it.” Quickly, though, I realized that this is exactly the sentiment built by Shakespeareans Picoult wanted to poke at—the belief that Shakespeare is a god beyond reproach.
I got up early & wrote 750 words of my article on working with @jodipicoult.bsky.social on her book, By Any Other Name. it feels good to be writing again.
maybe the brain zaps are working.
Reason #2385398 why I love @chrisbohjalian.bsky.social
Since I am so mired in book banning right now in my real life, I don’t think I will be writing about it anytime soon.
WaPo: @stephenking.bsky.social, @jodipicoult.bsky.social among most-banned authors in schools
A new report by PEN America documents more than 6,000 instances of restrictions on books in the 2024-2025 school year.
Gift link: wapo.st/473lwMV
Hi. I know there’s a lot of crap going on but book bans are still happening. Get angry.
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