
Banned Books Week (launched in 1982) is normally in September/October, but given the state of things, we thought it was a relevant topic. Buying physical copies of books, when you can, seems to be a smart thing to do.
PEN estimates that book bans have doubled in the past year; here’s where to fight that by sending a letter to state lawmakers.
Some of our sources: Data from the ALA; Unite Against Book Bans; National Coalition Against Censorship; PEN America; Authors Against Book Bans
Recommended in this episode: B.R. Myers’s The Third Wife of Faraday House and Clay McLeod Chapman’s Wake Up and Open Your Eyes
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