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I Write Banned Books: A Reading List

Recommended ReadingDecember 22, 2017

Banned Books Week is September 24–30, and as well as enthusiastically celebrating the banned books that have shaped us, we take this time to highlight the censorship that still… More

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penamerica PEN America @penamerica ·
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In the 2021-22 school year, 75% of banned books were fiction. Banning fiction stifles the imagination of children.

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#BannedBooks #StudentsRights #FirstAmendment

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Check out @pen_southafrica's podcast S6E3 in solidarity with #imprisonedwriter #JoséRubénZamora from #Guatemala. Out today. @penlac https://twitter.com/pen_southafrica/status/1600779908875444224

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justinemusk Justine Musk @justinemusk ·
4 Dec

Banning books, punishing teachers, defunding libraries, + harassing librarians are all signs of a curtailment of our liberties.

Margaret Atwood has been describing such dystopias in her stories...

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