Ta-Nehisi Coates at the World Voices Festival
Ta-Nehisi Coates hopes to contextualize the flurry of censorship across the United States in his Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture on May 11 at PEN America’s World Voices… More
Banned in the USA Spotlight: Maia Kobabe
Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer is a coming-of-age graphic novel that has been the most banned in U.S. schools. Kobabe tells PEN America what books like hers mean. More
Banned in the USA Spotlight: Mike Curato
Mike Curato's Flamer was tied for the most banned book in the fall of 2022 in PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans. He tells PEN America why he… More
The 11 Most Banned Books of the Start of the 2022-2023 School Year
These were the 11 most banned books at the start of the 2022-2023 school year, according to PEN America's Index of Banned Books. More
PEN America Index of School Book Bans – Fall 2022
PEN America's fall 2022 Index of Banned Books found 1,477 instances of individual books banned, affecting 874 unique titles. This searchable banned book list includes each documented book ban… More
PEN America Index of School Book Bans – 2021-2022
PEN America's 2022 Banned in the USA report offered the first comprehensive look at banned books throughout the 2021–22 school year. This searchable banned book list includes each documented… More
Florida Book Bans: Why Are There Empty Shelves in Florida Schools?
You may have seen pictures of empty bookshelves in Florida classrooms, or heard about book bans across the state. What’s happening now is that new laws passed last year in… More
These 176 Books Were Banned in Duval County, Florida
PEN America presented a joint letter with We Need Diverse Books and authors and illustrators of 176 books removed from classrooms in Duval County, Florida, in January 2022 for… More
Book Bans: Frequently Asked Questions
What is a book ban? How is a book ban different from a challenge? What is the history of book bans? We answer frequently asked questions about book bans. More
Banned in the USA: The Growing Movement to Censor Books in Schools
“More” is the operative word for this report on school book bans, which offers the first comprehensive look at bans throughout the 2021–22 school year. More
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