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Protest Over Books by Amazon Workers Was “Counterproductive” By Silencing Celebrants at a Pride Month Event

Press ReleaseJune 2, 2022

“Workers at Amazon have a right to protest the sale of books they find objectionable. But doing so at a company event celebrating the start of Pride Month through… More

Margaret Atwood & Penguin Random House Fight Censorship with an “Unburnable” Edition of The Handmaid’s Tale; Book Auction Proceeds to Benefit PEN America

Press ReleaseMay 24, 2022

PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel said: "If there is anyone who can ensure that the book is not consumed, it is Margaret Atwood.  She has found a way to fight fire… More

Virginia Case Seeking Restraining Order on Two Books is a ‘Worrying Escalation’ in Spreading Censorship

Press ReleaseMay 20, 2022

“This lawsuit is a worrying escalation in the effort to censor and restrict access to literature that PEN America has been tracking for the last year. It is, of… More

South Dakota School District May Physically Destroy its Banned Books, a Move PEN America Says Reflects “Uncompromising Extremism”

Press ReleaseMay 6, 2022

Books, words, and works of literature are being seen as so objectionable that they must be obliterated. PEN America calls on the Rapid City Area School Board to resist… More

Statement: Publisher’s Decision to Pull “Bad and Boujee” Book is “Misguided and Regrettable”

Press ReleaseApril 16, 2022

"When debates over books and authors have a racial dimension, they can get heated quickly because they tap into long histories of exclusion and marginalization of people of color… More

Report: 1,586 School Book Bans and Restrictions in 86 School Districts Across 26 States

Press ReleaseApril 7, 2022

Book bans have targeted 1,145 unique book titles by 874 different authors, 198 illustrators, and 9 translators, impacting the literary, scholarly, and creative work of 1,081 people altogether. Texas… More

Online Conversation March 16 on Access to Books in Prisons and the Use of E-Readers

Press ReleaseMarch 14, 2022

With 2 million people in prisons and jails across the country, restricting reading could have profound ramifications for the men and women cycled through the criminal legal system and… More

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"Fear is not freedom. Fear is not liberty. Fear is control," Grace Linn, 100

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Why Are Books Banned? Part of a Broader Effort to Oppress Girls and Nonbinary People ⁦@TeenVogue⁩ https://www.teenvogue.com/story/book-bans-girls-women

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What now in unfree Florida? The DoE apparently getting into the business of threatening punishment to high school principals if they don't cancel student club events with drag queens. B/c "Drag & Donuts " is the real threat to students here... #EdScare
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