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Banned Books Week
September 26, 2023
Magazine
Jasmine Liu
Everything You Need to Know About the Right-Wing War on Books
Here’s your guide to the heroes and villains—plus a list of the 50 most banned books.
September 22, 2022
Melissa Gira Grant
Happy Banned Book Week! Schools Are Increasingly Going After LGBTQ Books.
In the last year, works by more than 1,200 authors were banned, affecting nearly four million students.
September 28, 2016
Beth Younger
What Makes A Novel Subversive?
One of the most frequently-challenged American books stars a fat protagonist in love.
September 16, 1972
The New Republic Staff
The Forgotten Alternate Ending to 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'
June 29, 1953
The New Republic Staff
The Horrible, Oppressive History of Book Burning in America
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