glad it makes me feel good talking about being in south carolina with a ap english teacher named mary wood, who's defending between the world and me because it evidently offended some white kids who, you know, felt embarrassed about being caucasian or something. i don't think it offended. well, whatever reason they cooked up, you know that was the reason they i don't think it was the kids right exactly exactly. but i mean there has to be kind of surreal going down there, especially, you know, a book that was so widely and, you know, beautifully to walk into this town where they want to ban it. what was that like? oh it was incredible. i mean, i had this notion i put on a t shirt and i had i was going to sit in the back and watch like i had this idea, like everybody is saying, i'm going to make a scene. it's just like it's a wild thing to see, you know what i mean? and again, that goes back to, you know, the message that the the book i had read about that i've seen articles about it, but just really wanted to see it up close. and i kind of went down like ready for war, you know, thinking an