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.

D id you know Anne Frank planned to write a book about her time in hiding after the war? What event inspired her wish?... Read More.

Banned due to the social issues it addresses, Cisneros' work tells the culturally significant story of Esperanza as she comes of age in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago.... Read More

W hat’s the best way to fight back against book banning? Activism revolving around Sandy Cisneros’ coming of age book The House on Mango... Read More.

G reek tragedies were intended to promote public discussion about how their society could avoid the same tragic mistakes the play in question deals... Read More.

T he American Library Association (ALA) has designated April 24, 2023 as the inaugural Right to Read Day. More than simple acknowledgement, it’s... Read More.

A uthors of banned books have been ostracized, exiled, or even threatened with death. During certain periods, merely possessing a banned book was a... Read More.

T homas Morton’s blistering satire The New English Canaan is considered the first book to be banned in the United States (to be accurate,... Read More.

W hat's up with the brouhaha that perpetually revolves around this book? Salinger was writing within the most American of literary forms, the jeremiad.... Read More.

N ews about the McMinn County School Board’s unanimous decision to strike Maus from its curriculum made national headlines. This piece from guest essayist... Read More.

T he Lottery ends with a famously disturbing plot twist, one that has provoked controversy since the instant it appeared in The New... Read More.