Between 2021 and 2022, more than 1,600 titles were removed from U.S. schools and libraries at the behest of parents, advocacy ...
"So proud to have my book 'Shopgirl' banned in Collier County, Florida!" Martin said on Instagram. "Now, people who want to read it will have to buy a copy!" According to a recent PEN America ...
More than a third of books banned last year featured fictional characters or real person of color, a new analysis from PEN America shows.
A federal judge ruled that the Elizabeth School District must put books banned from schools back on the shelves by Tuesday.
“I’m confused.” “Haven’t you noticed? All anybody talks about these days is ‘banned books.’ It’s all the rage. The best bookstores now have special displays of ‘Banned Books.
The below lists have been compiled from various sources, including PEN America, the Boston Public Library, the First ...
"I have trauma from the banned books themselves," Rhodes says. "I've been teaching African American literature for decades... When you lose the voice of the African American literature, you lose ...
ELIZABETH, Colo. — A federal judge has ordered the Elizabeth School District to return its 19 banned books to library shelves. A preliminary injunction was issued for the books to be returned by next ...
Rutherford school officials may soon face litigation for banning dozens of books, an American Civil Liberties Union attorney ...
Sixty-four percent of banned picture books depict LGBTQ+ characters or stories ... senior manager for PEN America’s Freedom to Read program, said in a statement. “The damaging consequences ...
Set in upper-class, patriarchal Louisiana society, ‘The Awakening’ by Kate Chopin is one of the first works of feminist literature in American history. So many of the themes, sentiments, and struggles ...