The book, titled “Hidden Sins,” was published in 2006 by the voting rights activist under the pen name Selena Montgomery.
Carlson on Friday began the segment on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” by calling Abrams “one of the most talented and sauciest romance novelists of a generation,” adding that “like so many great artists, she can be underappreciated.”
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The Fox host added that one of his producers had tracked down a copy of the book, which Carlson said was one of Abrams’s “steamier novels.”
“Now, most of the novel is a mystery, and, to be honest, we didn’t really follow the plot line,” he explained.
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It was no coincidence.
Khullar, a junior at Iowa City West High School, is Iowa s first Student Poet Ambassador, a position inspired by Gorman s vital message delivered before Joe Biden was sworn-in as president Jan. 20. Gorman, 23, the youngest inaugural poet ever, became a viral sensation and best-selling author.
That got a University of Iowa administrator thinking that perhaps this state should be championing a young poet who could find words to help calm, or challenge, a divided nation.
Khullar, a 17-year-old who started finding her voice as a poet in high school, was the choice. And on Friday, the last day of National Poetry Month, she read two of her creations to a crowd assembled at the seat of power in Iowa. The poems are titled The Hindi Word for Prayer and Blue Brother. Both explore the subtleties of Khullar s own experiences.
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