{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"News","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news","title":"Paul Thomas publishes new book","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"e3pMQp2svc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/paul-thomas-publishes-new-book\/\">Paul Thomas publishes new book<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/paul-thomas-publishes-new-book\/embed\/#?secret=e3pMQp2svc\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Paul Thomas publishes new book&#8221; &#8212; News\" data-secret=\"e3pMQp2svc\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2022\/08\/paul-thomas2.jpg","thumbnail_width":575,"thumbnail_height":452,"description":"Furman education professor Paul Thomas has published \"Beware the Roadbuilders: Literature as Resistance\" (Garn Press). Said Kevin Welner, director of the National Education Policy Center, \u201cLiterature, Thomas shows us, can and should be a source of ideas that challenge us to think critically about the world around us\u2013especially the ways we educate our children \u2026 Thomas uses this wonderfully written book to engage readers with these ideas and to further the much-needed conversation concerning education policy.\u201d"}