Book bans have been proliferating at a fever pitch over the past year, targeting LGBTQ+ authors and authors of color in particular. Here's what's on our banned book reading list:
My unsolicited opinion? As a parent and a librarian, I understand having concerns about what my kid was reading , but leave the books alone and just decide, your own kid. Don’t take away my kid’s chance to read something that I will allow just because you wouldn’t allow it for your kid. The banning and removal of most of the books on these lists are just an extension of the white supremacist cisheteropatriarchy anyway.
So what can you do? First, you can be aware of any issues or challenges happening in your communities. Befriend the librarian at your public library or local school, if you are raising children. Find out if they have any challenges and how you can help. If you’re able, ask if you can donate books that they’d like to have but are unable to purchase. Attend your school board, PTA or other community meetings when there’s a challenge and speak up in support of the freedom to read.
You can also read the books that have been challenged and/or banned across the country. And you’re in luck because I’ve assembled lists with which to begin! As usual, my lists are a bit different from other lists you may have come across because they focus on women and writers from other historically excluded communities. Just the list this time, no commentary. I ask you to buy, borrow and read the books in question.
Some of the most recent challenged and banned books by women, queer and trans writers and writers of color include
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