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.
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Cristina Ali Farah, poet, novelist, playwright, and oral performer, teaches Somali language and culture at Roma Tre University. Her first novel, translated into English as Little Mother, was awarded the prestigious Vittorini prize.