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Loudmouth Books is particularly interested in highlighting both banned books and the work of marginalized authors, with an aim to challenge the idea that diverse stories are inherently dangerous.
This list of the most commonly challenged books in the United States refers to books sought to be removed or otherwise restricted from public access, typically from a library or a school curriculum. This list is primarily based on U.S. data gathered by the American Library Association 's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), which gathers data ...
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In her Washington Post analysis, Valerie Strauss contextualized the bans in the history of book censorship in the United States, dating back to charges of blasphemy in 1650 against William Pynchon's The Meritorious Price on Our Redemption, and spanning The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and the Harry Potter books, which were the most ...
Book censorship is the removal, suppression, or restricted circulation of literary, artistic, or educational material on the grounds that it is objectionable according to the standards applied by the censor. [1] The first instance of book censorship in what is now known as the United States, took place in 1637 in modern-day Quincy, Massachusetts.
Celebrate the freedom to read with the 2022 observance of Banned Book Week from Sept. 18-24. This year’s theme is “Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us.”
In 2021, Jones was recognized by School Library Journal as School Librarian of the Year [16] and made Library Journal 's Movers and Shakers list. [17]In 2023, Jones received numerous intellectual freedom awards, including the American Association of School Librarians' Intellectual Freedom Award [18] and the Louisiana Library Association's Alex Allain Intellectual Freedom Award. [19]
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