"But literature, at its best, doesn’t live in this world of agendas and witch hunts, as tools for any..."

“But literature, at its best, doesn’t live in this world of agendas and witch hunts, as tools for any side’s political purpose. Literature and its readers are in an alternate realm, and they’ll continue to meet in this quieter place.”

- Cris Beam, “My transgender novel is too personal to be propaganda” (via schoollibraryjournal)