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Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘The 57 Bus’ by Dashka Slater

In 2013, something terrible happened on the 57 bus in Oakland, California. Then-18-year-old Sasha Fleischman fell asleep riding the bus home from school holding their Russian literature reading assignment. As Sasha, who identifies as agender, or gender nonbinary, slept, three…

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