by Yvette Walker KANSAS CITY, Mo. — I know, I was a weird kid. Born during the time when parents bought sets of World Book or Britannica […]
Tag: banned books
The fear of books has a long history
Book banning and burning is nearly as old as civilization itself — with evidence of manuscripts being burned dating back to the B.C.s — and is often […]
Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read
The 41st Banned Books Week begins today. Booksellers, librarians and teachers come together for this national event to encourage people to recognize or read banned books and […]
Librarian to present banned books lecture
Beth Jane Toren, WVU interdisciplinary, culture and film studies librarian, will present a program, “Banned Books and American Culture,” for the WVU retired faculty and staff at […]
Finding a path to healthy conflict
by Solomon D. Stevens Spencer Cox, the new chairman of the National Governors Association, is promoting the idea of “healthy conflict.” The Utah governor has become concerned […]
The day the book banners lost in Pennsylvania’s culture wars
by Will Bunch KUTZTOWN, Pa. — If you ban it, they will come. For the better part of an hour last Saturday, dozens of teenagers and their […]
One way to stem the tide of book bans? Allow for compromise
by Jonathan Zimmerman In November 2020, Washington held the nation’s first-ever state referendum on sex education. By a nearly 60% to 40% plurality, voters in the Evergreen […]
What do the book banners fear?
There are a few things you should be asking yourself right about now. Meaning you students who find yourselves living in places where self-appointed guardians of public […]
GOP banning books about truths its own leaders have apologized for
by Samuel G. Freedman On a recent outing my wife and I took in a touring exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution titled “Righting a Wrong.” Within the […]
Is this the end of classroom libraries?
Schools must now contend with the practical effects of one of the Legislature’s many culture war bills. This one, Senate Bill 704, requires educators to provide a […]
