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Podcast: The Reading Culture
Episode: We Are Always Rising: Andrea Davis Pinkney Spreads Stories and Hope
Description: โI am saying: reader, we're going on a journey. You are going to come with me and then I'm pulling them gently into the narrative. And then again, if I'm doing my job, I'm holding them like a hug.โ - Andrea Davis PinkneyAndrea Davis Pinkney stands tall at just 4โ11โ, but she is still somehow larger than life. In her writing, she has what she refers to as โthe page one pact,โ a commitment to getting her readersโ attention right away. As an interviewee, she does the same. Andreaโs passion, commitment to adding to the canon of Black k...