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Bans
Politics 

I’m With The Bans

January 29, 2025February 3, 2025 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments All Boys Aren't Blue, American Library Association, Ashley Hope Perez, Damsel, Elana K. Arnold, George M. Johnson, Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes, Office of Civil Rights, Out of Darkness, The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison, Trump Administration

Advocacy groups spar as Trump Administration halts federal book challenges

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Censorship
AUTHOR STUFF FICTION NON-FICTION Politics 

2024: The Year In Censorship

December 11, 2024December 16, 2024 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Ashley Hope Perez, Elisa Albert, Gender Queer, Gregory Maguire, Jason Reynolds, Jodi Picoult, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Mayim Bialik, PEN America, Randa Jarrar, Salman Rushdie, Sarah J. Maas, Toni Morrison, Wicked

From the right and left, everyone’s trying to ban books and cancel author events

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Censorship
Politics 

2023–The Year in Censorship

December 13, 2023December 18, 2023 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments ALA, Ashley Hope Perez, BookRiot, Jodi Picoult, Kelly Jensen, Kirk Cameron, Moms for Liberty, PEN America, Scholastic, SkyTree Book Fairs

A glimmer of hope!

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Soft Censorship
Politics 

It’s Getting Harder to Deal With Soft Censorship

August 24, 2023August 27, 2023 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Ashley Hope Perez, Librarians, PEN America, Soft censorship

PEN America issues report indicating a huge ongoing political battle

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Colorful wall of books on the shelfs at the rotunda in Stockholm Stadsbibliotek (Public Library), April 22, 2017. The building is from 1928 and the architect is Gunnar Asplund. (Photo: Stefan Holm/Shutterstock)
AUTHOR STUFF 

Book Challenges Reach Record Highs

April 4, 2022 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments American Library Association, Angie Thomas, Ashley Hope Perez, Dolly Parton, FReadom Fighters, Gender Queer, George M. Johnson, Imagination Library, Jonathan Evison, Lawn Boy, Maia Kebab, Toni Morrison

Library association urges people to unite against book bans

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Soft Censorship
FICTION Young Adult 

The Insidious Rise of ‘Soft Censorship’

March 14, 2022March 23, 2022 Sharyn Vane 4 Comments Ashley Hope Perez, Brandy Colbert, Kari Lavelle, Round Rock ISD, We Need Diverse Books

YA authors face canceled events, shadow bans, and other quiet dismissals of their work

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American Library Association
FICTION Young Adult 

American Library Association Awards Winners Are Facing Bans

January 25, 2022January 26, 2022 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments American Library Association, Ashley Hope Perez, Carole Boston Weatherford, Eliot Schrefer, Last Night At The Telegraph Club, Malinda Lo, Printz award

School districts continue to challenge the best young-adult books

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Book and Film Globe Podcasts 

BFG Podcast #035: Censorship and a One-Star Matrix

December 27, 2021June 16, 2022 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Ashley Hope Perez, Jonathan Evison, Laurence Fishburne, Laurie Halse Anderson, Neal Pollack, Podcast, Sharyn Vane

Not just the week—the YEAR—in books, film and excellent tv

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censorship
FICTION Politics Young Adult 

Attacks on Student Access to Books Ramping up Nationwide

November 18, 2021April 3, 2022 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments All Boys Aren't Blue, Ashley Hope Perez, Gabrielle Union, George M. Johnson, Last Night At The Telegraph Club, Malinda Lo, PEN America, Separate Is Never Equal

An unprecedented wave of censorship attempts

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Evison
FICTION Young Adult 

Evison, Pérez Speak Out Against Censorship

October 12, 2021October 13, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Ashley Hope Perez, Jonathan Evison, Lawn Boy, Out of Darkness

Authors deal with a rise of school book bans across the country

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Classrooms
FICTION NON-FICTION Politics 

Classrooms Gone Wild

September 20, 2021September 23, 2021 Sharyn Vane 4 Comments A Big Mooncake for Little Star, Ashley Hope Perez, Erika Sanchez, Forget the Alamo, Ibram X. Kendi, Jewell Parker Rhodes, Jonathan Evison, Lawn Boy, Leander ISD, Tiffany Jewell

The push to control what your kids read and write is intensifying nationwide

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Featured Stories

Was ‘Ronaldinho: The One and Only’?
Featured Stories Netflix NON-FICTION Sports Uncategorized 

Was ‘Ronaldinho: The One and Only’?

April 27, 2026April 30, 2026 Dan Friedman 0

Mini-series about the Brazilian soccer star is designed to whet our World Cup whistle

‘Power to the People’: John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s NYC Rent Party on the Big Screen
DOCUMENTARY Featured Stories FILM 

‘Power to the People’: John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s NYC Rent Party on the Big Screen

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‘IF’: Imaginary Friends and Real Ryan Reynoldses
Featured Stories FILM Netflix Streaming 

‘IF’: Imaginary Friends and Real Ryan Reynoldses

April 19, 2026April 19, 2026 Robert Dean 0
‘The Testaments’ Brings Us Back to Gilead
BOOKS Featured Stories Graphic novels Streaming TELEVISION 

‘The Testaments’ Brings Us Back to Gilead

April 15, 2026April 27, 2026 William Schwartz 0

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