Chapter 3: A New Pyre
The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
"I idolized her for a really long time. She was a great feminist icon," Rowling says of Harry Potter's author. "She became something of a moral authority in their lives, giving them this series to grow up with and being this figure that they could look up to" In 2008 commencement address at Harvard she extoled the crucial importance of imagination.
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