{"id":2775,"date":"2020-10-14T17:05:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T17:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/?page_id=2775"},"modified":"2023-07-20T20:11:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T20:11:30","slug":"banned-books-week-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/past-projects\/banned-books-week-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books Week 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2783\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/10\/ALAgraphics-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/10\/ALAgraphics-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2020\/10\/ALAgraphics.jpg 473w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/>Banning books has been a long practice as a form of censorship for various reasons, <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/introduction-to-banned-books-week-2020\/\">mostly falling into two categories over time: indecency or political subversion,<\/a>\u00a0 although <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Book_censorship_in_the_United_States\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in greater variety<\/a>. Spearheaded by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/advocacy\/bbooks\/banned\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Library Association<\/a>, Banned Books Week (September 27 &#8211; October 3, 2020) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Their Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/advocacy\/bbooks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lists of challenged books<\/a> based on reports received from libraries, schools, and the media on attempts to ban books in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>A collection of short essays for Banned Book Week 2020:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/introduction-to-banned-books-week-2020\/\">Introduction to Banned Books<\/a> (Nicholas Allred)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/banned-books-week-2020-what-is-a-zine\/\">What is a Zine<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/banned-books-week-2020-what-is-a-zine\/\">?<\/a> (Megan Lotts)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/banned-books-week-2020-what-is-samizdat\/\">What is Samizdat?<\/a>\u00a0(Judit H. Ward)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/banned-books-week-2020-banned-no-more\/\">Banned No More <\/a>(Nancy Kranich)<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/banned-books-week-2020-banned-bestsellers\/\">Banned Bestsellers<\/a> (Julie Rossano)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"entry-title\">BONUS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/books-we-read\/gallery\/banned-books-week-2020-banned-books-we-read\/\">Banned Books we read<\/a> at the Banned Books Week read-in event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More to read:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>List of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_books_banned_by_governments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">books banned by various governments<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/banned-books-2020\/#banned-books-week-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">history of banned books from an international perspective from Amnesty International<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/geediting.com\/forbidden-books-2019-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the most recently banned books all over the world<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/geediting.com\/forbidden-books-2019-map\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/geediting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Forbidden-books-infographic-min-1200x1593.png\" alt=\"A Map of Forbidden Books in 2019\" width=\"600\" height=\"797\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>A Map of Forbidden Books in 2019, courtesy of Global English Editing. 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