What is your proudest career moment?
Several months before the publication of my book,
Red: A Crayon’s Story,
The Wall Street Journal published
an editorial bemoaning the “gender industrial complex,” “cultural warriors,” and books—including mine—“that seek to engage the sympathies of young readers … and nudge the needle of culture.” I had written something good enough to provoke the wrath of the
WJS editorial page.…
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