Stephen King really, really hates Twitter, apparently

Well this is awkward. Stephen King — a notable tweeter — really, really hates Twitter, apparently.

On Tuesday night, the horror author appeared at the 2018 PEN Literary Awards, where he was receiving the PEN Literary Service Award. Each year the accolade is given to a critically acclaimed author of free speech, and King graced the stage to both accept the speech and advocate for the power of books.

In his speech, Stephen King thanked everyone from his editors at Simon & Schuster (“I’m surrounded by good women at Simon & Schuster … they’ve all helped make me a better person”) to the student activists and shooting survivors from Parkland, Florida, who were also being honored in the ceremony, “for their fierce advocacy and hard work in the wake of yet another school shooting.” Read more…

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