John Sasscer Sanders Jr. and Shannon Shiyi Wu connected through a shared moment at the 2023 National Book Festival, where Sanders featured a photo from a book-signing event. Wu, a volunteer at the festival, recognized the author and initiated a conversation on Hinge. Despite a rocky first date due to a misunderstanding about their meeting location, the couple quickly found common ground, sharing interests such as literature and public policy, marking the beginning of their relationship.
"I know exactly where that is," she responded. That book is Poverty, by America. They chatted about how Ms. Wu had read Mr. Desmond's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Evicted, and visited the exhibit it inspired at the National Building Museum in 2018."
"Their first date got off to a rough start when Mr. Sanders went to the wrong location of the coffee shop. They pieced together the snafu and found each other 30 minutes later, and the conversation flowed easily."
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