Books As “Surplus Property”: A New Angle for Censorship
Novelist Dave Eggers calls Rapid City book destruction an “unconscionable horror”
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Politics
Houellebecq and the French Election
France’s most vilified living author understands certain parts of the electorate very well
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The Plum Creek Literacy Festival is Now an Anti-LGBTQ “Ministry”
Controversy continues to swirl around Concordia University young-adult book fair
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A Fine Idea
Austin, TX, is the latest public-library district to eliminate late fees for overdue books
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Reaping the WhirlWinslow
Twitter calls out hard-boiled novelist Don Winslow for his own use of the N-Word after Winslow wades into the Joe Rogan waters
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The Maus That Roared
Tennessee school board bans Art Spiegelman’s book just in time for Holocaust Remembrance Day
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What We Talk About When We Talk About ‘Don’t Look Up’
Why do viewers like the Adam McKay movie more than critics do?
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The Year in Censorship
A banner year for book banners
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The Book Burning That Wasn’t
Sanity prevails for now in the great censorship battle of Spotsylvania County
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Attacks on Student Access to Books Ramping up Nationwide
An unprecedented wave of censorship attempts
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It’s Not Porn
Texas governor Greg Abbott’s actions are all about politics, not protecting kids
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The Texas Taliban Lowers the Boom
High-ranking state government officials seek vast censorship powers through intimidation of schools
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We’re all living in ‘Fahrenheit 451’
The Library of America Ray Bradbury edition is prophecy, not past
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Sally Rooney Versus the State of Israel
‘The first great millennial novelist’ refuses to allow Israeli publisher to put out her new book
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