Originally published at: LeVar Burton replaces Drew Barrymore as National Book Awards host | Boing Boing
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That is totally an upgrade and this should have happened eons ago.
Go git 'em Mr. Burton! It’s high time!
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The only choice, really. And should have been the first choice.
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As .inch as you don’t want to incur the wrath of writers, archivists, librarians, and such, they’ll lift you up to the same degree if you show you respect them. Burton has earned this.
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Plus it makes perfect sense.
Burton is TV’s patron saint of literacy
and a visible opponent of book bans.
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I’ve had that gif open in another tap ready to paste in an appropriate thread for weeks and then this story drops while I’m asleep lol
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Now for a bunch of banned books to get all the awards.
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Also, one of the best engineers in starfleet, and he runs the fleet museum with his lovely family… And he’s BFFs with an android…
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And IRL, as a director on DS9, dubbed Terry Farrell “Action Barbie” after a fight heavy episode. 
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It’s not like Drew appreciates writers anyway.
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Pulitzer Prize, Newbery Medal, and National Book Award winning books were later banned. A banning need not precede an award.
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An award may make a book visible enough to get on banners’ radar
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