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About the Author Tara Westover

In Education, You Can Choose to Remake Yourself - or Be Made By Others

Tara Westover at the 2018 National Book Festival

New Writing from Tara Westover

I Am Not Proof of the American Dream
The New York Times online, published this article by Tara Westover on February 2, 2022. In it, Westover argues that government funding (a pell grant), not just her own perseverance, allowed her to be successful student.

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Beyond the Book (2021-2022): Educated - Westover