Toni Morrison, Dean Atta, and Ocean Vuong's books have all faced challenges in American libraries.Credit: Mashable composite: Vintage / Hachette Thisattack on literaturehas sprouted counter-movements and resistance. In May 2023, for instance, PEN America and Penguin Random Housefiled a lawsuit agai...
Many of the books challenged in 2023 have been challenged on grounds of sexual content, and that is certainly true of New York Times-bestselling author Ellen Hopkins’Tricks, a novel about five troubled teens who fall into prostitution in their efforts to survive and make a place for themselve...
(CBS DETROIT) - Banned Books Week, which was first held in 1982, celebrates the freedom to read as schools and libraries throughout the nation face rising challenges about banning books. According to PEN America, a nonprofit working to protect free speech, in the 202...
the ala report notes, most attempts to restrict access to books were targeted at one particular title. the ala notes that of titles challenged in 2023 so far, “the vast majority of challenges were to books written by or about a person of color or a member of the lgbtqia+ community.” ...
Banned Books Week, which runs through Sunday, was established in 1982 and features readings and displays of banned works. It is supported by the ALA, PEN, the Authors Guild, the National Book Foundation and more than a dozen other organizations. Filmmaker Ava Duvernay has been named honorary ...
Audiobooks take books, banned or not, to a new level. Whether you need your eyes free or you just prefer listening to stories over reading them, audiobooks allow you to be fully immersed in literature and experience the various characters. Not to mention, it can speed up one's rea...
In fact, according to the organizers of Banned Books Week: ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedomdocumented 1,247 demands to censor library books and resources in 2023. The number of titles targeted for censorship surged 65% in 2023 compared to 2022, reaching the highest levels ever documented ...
This week, ALA released the 13 most challenged books in 2022, the increased number of slots owing to the fact that some books tied for number of complaints. Many targeted titles are by or about people of color, such as Toni Morrison’sThe Bluest Eyeand Ashley Hope Perez'sOut of ...
Deborah Stone, director of the ALA's office for intellectual freedom, told CBS News last year that books "that reflect the lives of LGBTQIA persons and families" provide important representation. "You might not be the audience, your child might not be the audience, but m...
SOME 1,597 BOOKS HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED OR removed from libraries over the past year, according to the latest figures from the American Library Association (ALA)-the highest number since the organization began keeping track 20 years ago. Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the ALA's Office for ...