A Banned Books Wrap Up
This September, PEN American Center reached out to writers, editors, literary illuminati, and PEN staff to write about the banned books that matter to them most. Below you’ll find… More
On Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried has been challenged because of profanity three times. At high schools in Pennsylvania (retained), Mississippi (banned), and Illinois (retained); in 2001, 2003, and 2007, respectively;… More
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Calling all YA fans! During Banned Books Week (9/30), PEN America is hosting a virtual conversation to address how we can work to protect our youth from the threats to free expression with award winning author @jewell_p_rhodes and YA author @KMcWilliams17. https://bit.ly/3hSSPbG
A public high school in Ohio managed a remarkable feat:
It censored a college course & led police and prosecutors to investigate the class.
The school is violating the First Amendment.
We joined a coalition of civil liberties orgs to demand they stop.
https://go.thefire.org/ohio-high-school-seizes-books/
