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PEN America’s 2023-2024 Index of Banned Books found 10,046 instances of individual books banned, affecting 4,231 unique titles.
PEN America’s 2022-2023 Index of Banned Books found 3,362 instances of individual books banned. This searchable banned book list includes…
PEN America’s fall 2022 Index of Banned Books found 1,477 instances of individual books banned, affecting 874 unique titles. This…
PEN America’s 2022 Banned in the USA report offered the first comprehensive look at banned books throughout the 2021–22 school…
Introduction At Nash Correctional Institution in North Carolina, a series of low-lying brick buildings ringed with barbed wire fencing, parking…
LINK to the PEN America Banned Books Week actions and events (NEW YORK)— With school book bans surging 33 percent over…
Staring on Monday, September 23, PEN will begin posting essays from this year’s Banned Books Month, featuring PEN members, supporters,…
It’s time again for Banned Books Week, that annual celebration of one’s freedom to read and the importance of the…
Introduction Book bans in public schools have recurred throughout American history, and have long been an issue of concern to PEN America,…
