10,000 (and counting) in the 2023-24 school year alone
We invite readers, authors, educators, librarians, and everyone who opposes censorship to get involved during Banned Books Week 2024.
Submissions for the 2025 cycle are now open through November 1, 2024.
Data + a comprehensive narrative of the censorship crisis affecting public schools.
Send a letter to your elected officials today!
Ayla Schultz is PEN America’s Author’s Evening Intern
Art matters because it nourishes the heart. Like plums do. Like sunflowers. Like a good, long kiss in this brief, brief life.
