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Surplus Property

Books As “Surplus Property”: A New Angle for Censorship

May 11, 2022May 13, 2022 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Allison Bechdel, Bernadine Evaristo, Dave Eggers, Fun Home, Mitzi's Books, PEN America, Rapid City, The Circle, The Perks of Being A Wallflower

Novelist Dave Eggers calls Rapid City book destruction an “unconscionable horror”

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

Leander

FICTION Politics Young Adult

Leander ISD Pulls More Books From Curriculum

August 9, 2021September 15, 2021 Sharyn Vane 2 Comments Carmen Maria Machado, Jacqueline Woodson, Leander ISD, Nikki Grimes, Ordinary Hazards, PEN America, Red at the Bone

Onslaught against “challenging” literature continues in Central Texas

Forget the Alamo

Don’t ‘Forget the Alamo’

July 5, 2021July 13, 2021 Sharyn Vane 1 Comment Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, Forget the Alamo, Jason Stanford, PEN America

After conservative critics complain, history museum pulls out as host hours before book event

Education FICTION NON-FICTION Politics Young Adult

Battle Over School Reading Lists Continues in Suburban Austin

April 27, 2021March 15, 2022 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Carmen Maria Machado, In The Dream House, Jacqueline Woodson, Kiss Number 8, Laurie Halse Anderson, Leander ISD, Margaret Atwood, PEN America, Shirley Jackson, The Handmaid's Tale, The Lottery, V is for Vendetta, Y: The Last Man

PEN America joins fight after Leander ISD “pauses” book recommendations