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Topic: banned books

Special Collections at the Boston Public Library (Lucie Faulknor)

The case for saving America's libraries

Melanie McFarland
MoveOn Political Actions Banned Book Mobile stops for an event with local authors and teachers on October 18, 2023 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The MoveOn Banned Book Mobile handed out frequently banned books for free to anyone who attended the event. (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for MoveOn)

What to know about Banned Books Week

Gabriella Ferrigine
Holy Bible (Getty Images/Krisanapong Detraphiphat)

Florida atheist pushes for Bible ban

Meaghan Ellis - Alternet
Pilgrims observing the Anglicans led by Thomas Morton dancing around a Maypole at Mare Mount (Merrymount) settlement, 1628. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

What was the first banned book?

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
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Ta-Nehisi Coates (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for HISTORY)

What is education vs. indoctrination?

Kylie Cheung
(Salon Talks)

Anderson: "I was incandescently angry"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Why your kid should read banned books

Regan McMahon - Common Sense Media
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Why I banned "Handmaid’s Tale"

Sarah Layden
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(AP/Beth J. Harpaz)

Beth Younger - The Conversation
(AP/Beth J. Harpaz)

The power of pop literature

Paula Young Lee

JSF book pulled from schools

Anna Silman
Harding Stadium, home of the Steubenville High Big Red football team, Steubenville, Ohio, January 8, 2013. (Reuters/Jason Cohn)

Imagining Steubenville

Rachel Kramer Bussel
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Tennessee mom: Ban Lacks book!

Anna Silman
(KMGH)

"It's not patriotic."

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Prachi Gupta
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Americans hate book banning

Laura Miller

Prachi Gupta

Prachi Gupta
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