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14 books that have been banned in schools
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe graphic novel "Maus" by Art Spiegelman was banned by a school board in Tennessee.Maro Siranosians/AFP/Getty Images Classic books and contemporary...
Column: Book-banning is on the rise, as part of the far-right's assault on democracy
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoArt Spiegelman's graphic novel "Maus," about his parents' experience during the Holocaust and as...
Book bans are surging — and taking an emotional toll on many authors
CNN via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWhile some book bans have led to higher sales, as seen with “Maus” and “The Hate U Give,” some...
Missouri politicians’ lame flamethrower book burning stunts show they can’t talk ideas | Opinion
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWhen I think of book burnings, images come to mind: Nazis burning “anti-German” publications during...
Art Spiegelman’s ‘Maus’ is the latest One Book, One Chicago title. It feels like a provocation.
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Chicago Public Library’s One Book, One Chicago program, now in its 21st year, has asked the city to read familiar favorites (“Pride and Prejudice”), harrowing memoirs (Elie Wiesel’s “Night ...
Letters to the Editor: Book bans? Just be glad our kids want to read anything
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe graphic novel "Maus" by Art Spiegelman was recently targeted by a school board in Tennessee for...
These Milwaukeeans think children need diverse stories, including 'banned' books
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEarly in 2022, Barbara Cerda was doing what she does every day — scouring used bookstores and...
What the US can learn from apartheid-era book bans in South Africa
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBooks are often targeted when they are sympathetic to the oppressed. Eskay Lim / EyeEm via Getty...
Opinion: I taught English in Iowa. Here's what I know about 'controversial' books.
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who will watch the watchmen?" — the Roman poet Juvenal "Wherever...
The National Book Awards Raised a Middle Finger to Book Bans
Esquire via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Winners of the 2022 National Book AwardsDia Dipasupil - Getty Images As literary luminaries made...