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2022 ALA Carnegie Awards Ceremony remarks

2022 ALA Carnegie Awards Ceremony remarks

Thank you all so much—to the selection committee, to all of you here with us tonight, for coming from far and wide to celebrate stories together. It’s such an incredible honor to be here. When I relayed the news of winning the Carnegie to my grandmother, she first paused for a while, and finally said: in times of success, it is most proper to be humble. And my grandmother is always right.

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