Posted on July 1, 2024 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Here's the latest news on book bans, challenges, and other literary restrictions.
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New York City has not only walked back significant cuts to library funding but has actually expanded it, to the tune of $43 million extra annually (Gothamist).
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Lyta Gold reflects on the history of moral panics over fiction, dating back thousands of years, in an essay adapted from the upcoming book Dangerous Fictions: The Fear of Fantasy and the Invention of Reality (The New York Times).
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San Francisco's Fabulosa Books bookstore is shipping works on topics that are increasingly banned — like queer history and sexuality — to groups who want to fight against local and state challenges (Associated Press).
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