“This is a dangerous time for readers and the public servants who provide access to reading materials. Readers, particularly students, are losing access to critical information, and librarians and teachers are under attack for doing their jobs.”
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Banned for Graphic Content
The limitless scope of human emotion and experience are depicted in these stories, which give an eloquent voice to the terrible wounds we inflict on those closest to us.
Banned for Lascivious Content
Drawn from Nin's original, uncensored journals, Fire continues the story of one woman's quest to discover and liberate herself sexually, artistically, and emotionally.
Banned for Graphic Depictions of Violence, Sex, and Drug Use
A former L.A. gang member describes his experiences in that world, recounting the sense of security and power found in a gang and the grim reality of violence and poverty.
Banned due to views on Racism, Violence and Politics
The controversial leader of the Black Muslims tells the story of his life and his part in the civil rights movement.
Banned for a Critical Perspective on American History
Spanning more than four hundred years, this classic bottom-up peoples' history radically reframes US history and explodes the silences that have haunted our national narrative.
Available in print and online.
Banned due to Explicit Language and Depictions of Violence and Suicide
Its form, the cartoon (the Nazis are cats, the Jews mice), succeeds perfectly in shocking us out of any lingering sense of familiarity with the events described, approaching the unspeakable through the diminutive.
