A Conversation with Chris Tomlinson and Ashley Hope Pérez

400 Josephine Street,Austin TX 78704

28 September, 2021

Description

Writers Chris Tomlinson and Ashley Hope Pérez discuss the recent threats to free expression in Texas. Writer and editor Chris Tomlinson (coeditor of Forget the Alamo) and young adult author Ashley Hope Pérez (author of Out of Darkness) come together for this special conversation to discuss recent threats to free expression in Texas. The discussion will unpack controversies including the recently canceled Forget the Alamo book event at the Bullock Texas State History Museum as well as the recent and expansive book ban in Texas’s Leander Independent School District, which includes Pérez’s Out of Darkness. — This event is part of PEN America’s celebration of Banned Books Week. Learn more about PEN America’s advocacy against book bans and championing the freedom to learn.