By Nicole Chavez | CNNPink will give away 2,000 banned books at her South Florida shows this week in partnership with the literary and free expression advocacy group PEN America. The singer said she decided to join PEN America and local bookstore, Books & Books, to give away books because she wanted to highlight the rising wave of book bans in Florida. We have made so many strides toward equality in this country and no one should want to see this progress reversed,” Pink said in a statement shared by PEN America. Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America, said she was thankful the singer decided to join the cause during the livestream Sunday. [They] are going after books about children of color, stories of LGBTQ families, books about babies, about animals,” Nossel said during the stream.

Source: CNN November 13, 2023 23:09 UTC