Banned Books Week (Sept. 21-27) is the book world’s annual
celebration of our right to choose and have access to the books that we want to
read. Libraries, bookstores, and the online book community will use this week
to host events, highlight banned books, and spotlight the conversation about
the real and pressing issue of book censorship in communities across the
nation.
This year the Banned Books Week National Committee has
chosen to emphasize the censorship, banning, and challenging of comics and graphic
novels because “Despite their serious literary merit and popularity as a genre,
they are often subject to censorship,” Judith Platt, chair of the Banned Books
Week National Committee, said in a statement about this year’s effort.
UT Press wants to be a part of this effort. We hope you’ll
think about not only the impact that banned books have had on you, but the
consequences for communities that deny access to certain books. We hope you’ll
show your support to those who stand up year-round to protect your freedom to
choose the books that you want to read. This year we present to you a list of
13 things you can read, watch, check out, or do, to get engaged with Banned
Books Week 2014.
This article details a case this summer in which the
College of Charleston in South Carolina was threatened with budget cuts for
featuring a graphic novel, Fun Home,
on an optional summer reading list
21 stories about comics that have been banned in the US
The CBLDF’s (that’s the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund)
2014 handbook to Banned Books week
Sherman Alexie, one of the most frequently banned authors
in the US, talks about the banning of his own book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
From Vonnegut to Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed this timeline plots the last thirty years
of banned books
Hear what these authors, including Markus Zusak, Khaled
Hosseini, and Judy Blume, have to say about their own books being banned
Interested in current state of
banned books in Texas? Check out the ACLU’s (American Civil Liberties Union)
most recent report, which even includes some good news
There’s certainly a book that
changed your life on this comprehensive list of the most commonly challenged
books in the United States
Attend a Banned Books Week event near you
Celebrate banned books week by reading public domain
comics from the Golden age at The Digital Comics Museum
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