24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Author sides with students in revolt over book passage used in AP exam
Namwali Serpell, an author and English professor at Harvard University, was confounded: A slew of fresh online reviews described her book — which was well-received when it was published more than four years ago — as pretentious, confusing and even 'RUINING HIGH SCHOOLERS' LIVES.'
As Serpell pored over the visceral comments and one-star reviews flooding platforms such as Goodreads, she pieced together what happened: The Advanced Placement language exam, taken by students across the country on May 14, had used an excerpt from her collection of essays, 'Stranger Faces.'
