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Ta-Nehisi Coates at the World Voices Festival

Interview

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

Interview

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

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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

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The 11 Most Banned Books of the Start of the 2022-2023 School Year

newsApril 20, 2023

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

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PEN America Index of School Book Bans – Fall 2022

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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

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PEN America Index of School Book Bans – 2021-2022

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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?

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By: Lisa Tolin | February 13, 2023

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

Banned books in Duval County, Florida

These 176 Books Were Banned in Duval County, Florida

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By: Lisa Tolin | December 6, 2022

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

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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

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Banned in the USA: The Growing Movement to Censor Books in Schools

ReportSeptember 19, 2022

“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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