Tara Westover

Author of Educated, dog enthusiast.

[Tara Westover @tarawestover]

From Kazuo Ishiguro’s Nobel acceptance speech. Stories are about one person saying to another, This is the way it feels to me? Does it feel the same to you?

[Tara Westover @tarawestover]

I finally finished something

https://t.co/zirBweuwAn

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

That one last kid in every family...🤣👏

[Tara Westover @tarawestover]

A few years back, in Baja, I was singing and gray whales heard it and came to the boat. I tried different songs, but the one they seemed to like was They Call the Wind Mariah from Paint Your Wagon.

[Mark O’Connell @mrkocnnll]

I love picking up a book at random in a library and getting a tiny, oblique glimpse into some stranger’s life

[Tara Westover @tarawestover]

@askanyone what did you teach? will you teach me? I want a private lesson...

[Tara Westover @tarawestover]

One of the most beautiful paragraphs I've ever read.
Hilary Mantel. Giving up the Ghost.

[Tara Westover @tarawestover]

One of the most beautiful paragraphs I've ever read.
Hilary Mantel. Giving up the Ghost.

[John Hendrickson @JohnGHendy]

Preach, @cwarzel https://t.co/uVmLCldU6I

[Tara Westover @tarawestover]

Turtle crossing the road: another reason to drive slow

[Tara Westover @tarawestover]

@Ester__Island In defensive of the unlived life

[Tara Westover @tarawestover]

A little Adam Phillips on not getting what you want.

[Tara Westover @tarawestover]

@Ester__Island missing out

[Tara Westover @tarawestover]

@flawedcrystals any day now :)

[Tara Westover @tarawestover]

Remembering this conversation about John Stuart Mill, especially the second half, about the necessity of awe.
https://t.co/k6DSPEHMZp

[Past Present Future Podcast @PPFIdeas]

🚨 NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! 🚨
This week David talks to @tarawestover and philosopher @DrClareChambers about the enduring legacy of John Stuart Mill. How do Mill and Thomas Carlyle speak to contemporary concerns about conviction and doubt?
Listen here 🎧 https://t.co/YKTysGXWmu

[Tara Westover @tarawestover]

I still have hope for @penamerica. I would not be on the board if I did not believe it was a crucial organization. But when a free expression organization for writers starts attacking writers in the name of free expression, something has gone very wrong. The organization no longer exists for writers. It exists for itself, at great cost to writers.

[Tara Westover @tarawestover]

I agree with so much of what my friend Dinaw has to say here, about the controversy surrounding @PENamerica. I still believe change is possible, but we have a long way to go. One place PEN America could start: stop attacking writers. @dinaw_mengestu https://t.co/vHGHZ548at

[Tara Westover @tarawestover]

I agree with so much of what my friend Dinaw has to say here, about the controversy surrounding @PENamerica. I still believe change is possible, but we have a long way to go. One place PEN America could start: stop attacking writers. @dinaw_mengestu https://t.co/vHGHZ548at

[Franklin Leonard @franklinleonard]

What @dinawmengestu said. #penamerica https://t.co/ZSngHgtej2

[Tara Westover @tarawestover]

I agree with so much of what my friend Dinaw has to say here, about the controversy surrounding @PENamerica. I still believe change is possible, but we have a long way to go. One place PEN America could start: stop attacking writers. @dinaw_mengestu https://t.co/vHGHZ548at

[Hari Kunzru @harikunzru]

For the record, here's the text of a letter I sent to PEN outlining my reasons for withdrawing from World Voices. [alt text cuts out half way so I'll post it twice with the second half in the second alt text]

[Tara Westover @tarawestover]

@JennyBoylan @PENamerica very kind of you