Who is choosing the #bannedbooks in your library?
Libraries may 'weed out' (same as 'ban') 10-15% of their collection annually. This equates to MILLIONS of books that were acceptable just the previous year being effectively silenced. But *which* books?
#stopbanningbooks
โWhen we ban books, the bullies win.โ Bestselling and frequently banned author Elana K. Arnold spoke in front of the city council in Huntington Beach, California on 20 June 2023. #Censorship #BannedBooks
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Quote of the Day:
โWhile history is what happened, it is also, just as important, how we think about what happened and what we unearth and choose to remember about what happenedโ -Ida Bae Wells, THE 1619 PROJECT
HAPPY JUNETEENTH! ๐ฅ๐๐ #bannedbooks
I heard abt a church in Florida (!) giving away banned books + hosting readings from those books. It inspired me to do my small part here in CA. Iโm leaving these in my neighborhoodโs Little Free Library. Maybe youโre inclined to join the effort to make #BannedBooks accessible!
itโs ON ! come join me at Henrietta Hudson in #NewYorkCity for the launch of my first book bottomingforgod
#bottomingforgod #queerauthors #bannedbooks #pastlives #sobriety #punkrock
About to drop this gem. ๐๐๐ Stay tuned... #blog #blog post #blog ging #bannedbooks #WritingCommunity #SaturdayMorning #SaturdayVibes #writer slift #kidlit #writer
I must admit, I'm a bit proud of my very own #Pride display! Lee & Low Books Candlewick Press ABRAMS Kids Penguin Random House ๐ง๐ ๐ #kidlit #PictureBooks #LGBTQ #LGBTQ IA #bannedbooks #Pride Month #Pride 2023
Art Spiegelman responds to news that the school board in Nixa, Missouri, voted to retain Maus while banning six other titles.
Read our recent interview with the The Pulitzer Prizes-winning author here: pen.org/art-spiegelmanโฆ #BannedBooks
Recent experience tells these teens that they can't yet let their guard down. #CentralYork #bannedbooks yorkdispatch.com/story/news/eduโฆ via York Dispatch
