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  • Anand Giridharadas

    Publisher of The.Ink. My new book, MAN IN THE MIRROR, comes out 9/29.

  • Leigh Haber

    I have devoted my career to supporting books and authors, as an editor, writer, publicist, director of Oprah’s Book Club, and current director of The Ink democracy book club. Step up, fellow bibliophiles! In this era of book banning, be fierce!

  • Katharine K. Wilkinson

    Climate writer, teacher, expert \ud83c\udf31 Books include: CLIMATE WAYFINDING, ALL WE CAN SAVE, DRAWDOWN. Podcast: A MATTER OF DEGREES.

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    Talking democracy since 2020

  • Ibram X. Kendi

    Woodson Chair at Howard University. National Book Award Winner. #1 NYT Best selling Author. MacArthur Fellow. New Book ~ Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age. #BeAntiracist

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    Staff writer at The Atlantic and author of "How to Be a Dissident."

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