Florida Recommends PRIDE & PREJUDICE to Read about ‘American Pride.’ Not joking.

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Florida Recommends Pride & Prejudice to Read about ‘American Pride.’

Florida, ground-zero for book-banning and censorship, continues to fumble the point of books and reading with its current choice to consistof Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice in a list of advised books for reading about ‘American Pride.” The Department of Education’s addition of Austen’s 1813 unique comes with no description, reason, or obviously abashedness. About the just thing you can state for P&P’s relation to America is that it was released after the Declaration of Independence—that is the United States really existed. I puton’t believe the U.S. is even pointedout in Pride & Prejudice. Is it possible that somebody simply saw the word “Pride” in the title and tossed it in? And is this infact the description that makes the most sense, dumb as it is? I believe so.

‘Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined’ Documentary Set to Air on PBS in September

There were of course authors missingouton on The New York Times‘s study of the Best Books of the 21st Century that I would have enjoyed to haveactually seen there, however amongst the sorest omissions were the huge 3 of Latina literature: Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, and Isabel Allende. This makes the news that PBS is launching a documentary about Julia Alvarez this fall even more welcome. (If you puton’t understand the work of Julia Alvarez, do include How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents to your TBR). More like this, please.