Tag: Dear Martin
Reclaiming the Narrative: Advice from Authors of Challenged Books
Authors speak out on how book challenges have affected them and how to respond. Their advice is to take back the narrative from challengers to center the conversation on works’ benefits and insist that challengers own up to ulterior motives.
Dear Martin Censored in Georgia
Columbia County, Georgia, Superintendent Sandra Carraway has limited students’ access to Nic Stone’s novel Dear Martin, calling it unacceptable and extreme. But as editor and publisher Phoebe Yeh responds, the book provides an accessible way for students to understand what is happening in their own backyards.
Intellectual Freedom News 10/18/19
“Dear Martin” author responds to book removal from Col. Co. curriculum; Libraries Promoting Reflective Dialogue in a Time of Political Polarization; ALA’s eBooksForAll petition exceeds 100,000 signatures