Author Jacqueline Woodson addressed Daniel Handler's (aka "Lemony Snicket") racist joke, Friday, with an unflinching response in The New York Times. Handler previously made offhanded comments about ...

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Author Jacqueline Woodson addressed Daniel Handler’s (aka “Lemony Snicket”) racist joke, Friday, with an unflinching response in The New York Times. Handler previously made offhanded comments about ...

Daniel Handler is apologizing for comments made at the National Book Awards that have been criticized as racist. The author sometimes known as “Lemony Snicket” hosted Wednesday night’s ceremony in ...

Jacqueline Woodson winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, attends the 65th Annual National Book Awards on Nov. 19, 2014 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City Wednesday Nov ...

For centuries, watermelon has been used alongside negative imagery of Black Americans. Watermelon was first seen as a demeaning symbol in the 19th century when freed Black Americans became merchants ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (UPI) --Lemony Snicket author Daniel Handler took to Twitter on Thursday for making a racially offensive remark referencing watermelon at the National Book Awards. Handler was the ...

On Thursday, author Daniel Handler, also known as children’s author Lemony Snicket, apologized for a “watermelon” joke he made at the expense of an African-American author at the National Book Awards.