Big Ben Lying down with Banned Books
Banned and challenged books receive a great deal of attention from librarians, the champions of freedom of speech. Books We Read partnered with several other groups for Banned Books Week … Read More
Banned Books
Why Read Banned Books
In a recent New York Times opinion article entitled Banning My Book Won’t Protect Your Child Carmen Maria Machado shared that parents in a school district demanded the removal of her … Read More
Banned Books Week 2020: Banned Bestsellers
This semester, I just so happen to be taking a course dedicated to young adult (YA) literature taught by Banned Books Week read-in speaker Dr. Aronson. In our class, we … Read More
Banned Books Week 2020: Banned No More
By Nancy Kranich, Special Projects Librarian, RU New Brunswick Libraries, Lecturer, School of Communication and Information The freedom to read is one of our most basic freedoms in a democratic society. … Read More
Banned Books Week 2020: What is a Zine?
Zines are a unique subculture which has emerged around making and collecting as a powerful tool representing creative, low-cost, DIY means of self-expression and idea sharing. In libraries, zines are … Read More
Banned Books Week 2020: What is Samizdat?
Word-for-word translation fails the reader trying to grasp the word samizdat, a term in use since about 1966. Literally meaning “self-published,” самиздат originates from Russian (am, “self,” and izdatelstvo, “publishing”) … Read More
Banned Books Week 2020: Introduction to Banned Books
On October 1st, the Student College, Academic, and Research Libraries Association (SCARLA) and the Library and Information Science Student Association (LISSA) here at Rutgers held a virtual banned books “read-in.” … Read More
Reading Banned Books
We at Books We Read will also be reading banned books at: BANNED: A Virtual Banned Books Read-Out & Discussions on the Freedom to Read October 1, 2020 at 4:30 … Read More