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Books Banned at Raymond School Library in Wisconsin

Books Banned at Raymond School Library in Wisconsin

Three books were removed from the Raymond School Library (WI): All American Boys by Jason Reymonds, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. Get them back on the shelves by voting this spring in the school board elections.

January 31, 2022February 1, 2022 Holly Eberle Banned and Challenged Books, Censorship, School Libraries
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez

Texas’s Book Censorship Hysteria: An interview with Ashley Hope Pérez

Ashley Hope Pérez responds to the recent censorship of her award-winning book Out of Darkness in Lake Travis ISD and Leander ISD, Texas.

October 21, 2021October 22, 2021 Jamie Gregory Censorship, Diversity, Education, General Interest, School Libraries
Intellectual Freedom News

Intellectual Freedom News 5/17/2019

Laurie Halse Anderson Joins Colson Whitehead at the FTRF’s 50th Anniversary Celebration; First amendment Vitals: Taking Gen Z’s pulse on Free Expression and Inclusion; Intellectual freedom for the incarcerated

May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 April Dawkins Intellectual Freedom News
Author Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Halse Anderson and the Enduring Legacy of Speak

Today is Laurie Halse Anderson’s 57th birthday. Speak, her debut, often-censored, and enduring novel still sits with me, almost 20 years later.

October 23, 2018October 9, 2018 Rebecca Slocum Authors, Banned and Challenged Books, Censorship
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