It’s Getting Harder to Deal With Soft Censorship
PEN America issues report indicating a huge ongoing political battle
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Author: Sharyn Vane
His Wild Jewish Nose
Controversy erupts online over Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein schnoz in ‘Maestro’ trailer
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Back to Censorship
As school goes into session, the culture wars flame on
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May Cobb’s Texas Noir
Author’s juicy beach-read novels dig into the social mores that underpin women’s lives
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Make Us A Match!
Netflix’s ‘Jewish Matchmaking’ is a star-making turn for its modern marriage mentor
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Book Bans Keep Breaking Records
A record-setting year for library challenges, according to the ALA
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The Movement To Defund Public Libraries Picks Up Steam
Conservative legislators, in the heat of a culture war, seem increasingly willing to starve library systems of funds
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Why Ban Jodi Picoult?
Bestselling author–not of “adult romances”–finds herself caught up in the latest round of school censorship frenzy
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Educators Are Emptying Bookshelves Under Legal Pressure
Republican lawmakers continue push for criminal penalties for making “inappropriate” books available to minors
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2022–The Year in Censorship
A shameful 12 months for book banners
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‘Sold A Story’ Reignites Reading Wars
Podcast fuels new debate about best way to teach kids to read
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Federal Judge Blocks Penguin Random House/Simon & Schuster Merger
Will authors benefit? Could a breakup of Amazon’s publishing monopoly be next?
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Libraries Closing Under Threat
Banned Books Week turns dark as numerous city libraries shut down after bomb scares
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Back To Censorship
A new school year means more curriculum and reading list controversy
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The Old College Murder
‘The It Girl,’ a modern dark academia murder mystery from ‘the modern Agatha Christie’
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