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Maya Angelou standing at lecturn at President Clinton’s inauguration

Mat-Su, Maya, and Rape in Literature

By taking a look at Mat-Su’s recent censorship controversy, I consider why challenges to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and other books that address rape are so common—and how we might address concerns about sexual trauma in literature without banning or unfairly labeling books.

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 Kate Lechtenberg Banned and Challenged Books, Censorship

Let Students Learn: Our Response to the Removal of Classic Novels from Mat-Su School Curriculum

When school boards deny students the ability to read and engage with literature that depicts the range of human experience on the vague grounds of “controversy,” they diminish their students’ educational experience and disparage the constitutional values of free thought.

April 29, 2020October 1, 2020 Deborah Caldwell-Stone Banned and Challenged Books, Office for Intellectual Freedom
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