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I just presented Art Spiegelman with the National Book Award Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, on the same day that PENAmerica put out a letter signed by Art and Margaret Atwood and me, among others, protesting the latest round of book bannings. https://pen.org/spiegelman-atwood-sign-pen-america-letter-against-missouri-book-bans/
Spiegelman, Atwood Among Signers of PEN America Letter Against Missouri Book Bans
Missouri book bans include graphic adaptations of the Bible and the Gettysburg Address, as well as Art Spiegelman's Maus and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.