D escribing The Color Purple as a womanist work is like saying the Iliad is a heroic poem. It isn’t merely an example –... Read More.

L ast year Unite Against Book Bans issued a call to action for readers, library lovers, and advocates everywhere to stand up to censorship... Read More.

Unite Against Book Bans just added a new tool in the fight against book banning! C ollaborating with the publishing community, Unite Against Book... Read More.

W e’re over the moon about the first ever Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards Ceremony!  Amid the surge of books being pulled from shelves... Read More.

B amboozled! It means to be hoodwinked, flimflammed, hornswoggled -- all fun & fancy words that mean to be tricked, deceived in underhanded ways.... Read More.

D ave Eggers' book The Circle was not only pulled from high school reading lists in Rapid City, South Dakota, it was on a... Read More.

T he New York Public Library is offering free, nationwide digital access to young adult books that have been the object of bans or... Read More.

I n this edition of our Power of Books Author Series, we talk with Ryan Estrada about his first-hand experience with book banning. He's... Read More.

T he Crucible is a notable example of how literature is like a layer cake. Arthur Miller’s account of why he came to write... Read More.

L iterature is an excellent resource for school programs that address bullying. But not if books with themes of bullying behavior are banned. Forty-two... Read More.

O ur freedom to read has been under assault for what seems like an eternity. And, the books being banned are consistently those of... Read More.

W hat can you do about book banning? More than you may realize. Take at least one action each day to help in the fight against censorship.... Read More.