"...as long as we raise our voices against censorship and teach the next generation how crucial it is to defend the right to read." -David Levithan
Bibliography of Censorship
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"Attempts to Ban Books Doubled in 2022" by Alexandra Alter and Elizabeth A. Harris
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"Censorship during the Depression: The Banning of 'You and Machines'" by Arlene L. Barry
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"A New Prohibition Era: Book Banning, Prison Abolition, and Librarians" by Stephanie Birch
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"Banning Books in Public Schools: Board of Education v. Pico" by Kelly Bowers
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"Censorship in Three Metaphors" by Fenice B. Boyd and Nancy M. Bailey
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Purity in Print: Book Censorship in America from the Gilded Age to the Computer Age by Paul S. Boyer
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"White Christian Nationalism: What Is It, and Why Does It Matter for Educational Research?" by Kevin J. Burke, Mary Juzwik, and Esther Prins
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"Confronting Book Banning and Assumed Curricular Neutrality: A Critical Inquiry Framework" by Samuel Burmester and Lionel C. Howard
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All Good Books are Catholic Books: Print Culture, Censorship, and Modernity in Twentieth-Century America by Una M. Cadegan
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"Here Comes a Chopper to Chop Off Your Head: Freedom of Expression Vs. Censorship in America" by Edward Cline
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"Selective Control: The Political Economy of Censorship" by Cristina Corduneanu-Huci
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"Valuing All Identities Beyond the Schoolhouse Gate: The Case for Inclusivity as a Civic Virtue in K-12" by Sacha M. Coupet
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"Fight for Your Right: Censorship, Selection, and LGBTQ Literature" by Jen Scott Curwood, Megan Schliesman, and Kathleen T. Horning
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"'Let Me Just Close My Eyes’: Challenged and Banned Books, Claimed Identities, and Comics" by Ashley K. Dallacqua
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"Boundaries for Contemporary Literature: The Role of Censorship and Choice" by Jen Denzin
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"Self-Censorship in Selection of LGBT Themed Materials" by Jennifer Downey, Karen Antell, and Molly Strothmann
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"Suits Challenging Book ‘Banning’ May Be Better Politics than Law" by Joshua Dunn
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Opposing Censorship in the Public Schools: Religion, Morality, and Literature by June Edwards
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"A Look Back at the History of Banned Books Week" by Lisa Fink
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Studied Ignorance: How Curricular Censorship and Textbook Selection are Dumbing Down American Education by Herbert N. Foerstel
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"Judicial Clairvoyance and the First Amendment: The Role of Motivation in Judicial Review of Book Banning in the Public Schools" by Elizabeth M. Gamsky
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"The Nazification of American Society and the Challenge for Educators" by Henry A. Giroux
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"The History of Book Banning" by Harvey J. Graff
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"Book Banning Past and Present" by Harvey J. Graff
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"Burning to Read: Letters from My Students in Support of Banned Books Week and the Freedom to Read Foundation" by Olivia Griffiths
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"Exploring Educators' Figured Worlds of Controversial Literature and Adolescent Readers" by Danielle E. Hartsfield and Sue C. Kimmel
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"'Please Let This Be the Crassest Thing My Child Reads!’: Exploring Community Perceptions of Challenged Children’s Literature" by Danielle E. Hartsfield and Sue C. Kimmel
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"Class, Censorship, and the Construction of the Child Reader in Nineteenth-Century Children’s Dictionaries" by Sarah Hoem Iversen
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"Not Censorship but Selection’: Censorship and/as Prizing" by Kenneth Kidd
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"Under The Law: Banning books: Unlawful Censorship, or Within a School’s Discretion?" by Robert Kim
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"Does ALA Ban Books? Examining the Discourse of Challenged Books" by Sue C. Kimmel and Danielle E. Hartsfield
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Book Banning in 21st-Century America by Emily J. M. Knox
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"Books, Censorship, and Anti-Intellectualism in Schools" by Emily J. M. Knox
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"Social Responsibility, Librarianship, and the ALA: The 2015 Banned Books Week Poster Controversy" by Emily J. M. Knox and Shannon M. Oltmann
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"Schools are Banning My Book. but Queer Kids Need Queer Stories" by Maia Kobabe
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"There Is No Such Thing as a Banned Book: Censorship, Authority, and the School Book Controversies of the 1970s" by Rita Koganzon
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"Questioning the Dogma of Banned Books Week" by Elliott Kuecker
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"Forbidden Fruit: The Banning of the Grapes of Wrath in the Kern County Free Library" by Marci Lingo
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"Banned Books Week: A Celebration of Intellectual Freedom" by Sarah Ann Long
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"When Reading Mediation becomes Censorship" by Isabel Lopes Coelho
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"Banning My Book Won’t Protect Your Child" by Carmen Maria Machado
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"To Ban or Not to Ban: Confronting the Issue of Censorship in the English Class" by Marilyn Maxwell and Marlene Berman
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"A Statewide Survey of Censorship and Intellectual Freedom" by Kathleen M. Monks, Anne M. Gaines, and Caitlin A. Marineau
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True Stories of Censorship Battles in America's Libraries by Valerie Nye and Kathy Barco
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"'It’s just filth:' Banned Books and the Project of Queer Erasure" by Caitlin O'Loughlin, Taylor Schmidt, and Jocelyn Glazier
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Purifying America: Women, Cultural Reform, and Pro-Censorship Activism, 1873-1933 by Alison M. Parker
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"Managing Censorship Challenges beyond Books" by Kristin Pekoll
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"Banned Books Week: Celebrating Your (and Your Teens!) Freedom to Read" by Ken Petrilli
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"In Texas, a Battle Over What Can Be Taught, and What Books Can Be Read" by Michael Powell
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Censorship and Selection: Issues and Answers for Schools by Henry Reichman
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"Don’t Avoid Controversial Literature: Your Students’ Psychological Health Depends on It" by Kimberly Rivera and Ellen Flynn
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Defending Frequently Challenged Young Adult Books: A Handbook for Librarians and Educators by Pat Scales
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"Book Banning in Public Schools: Don't Tinker with Tinker" by Sharon Brook Shivley
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"Paperback Pornography: Mass Market Novels and Censorship in Post-War America" by Lisa K. Speer
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"377 Book Challenges Tracked by ALA in 2019—And the Problem is Growing: Book Banning and Its Adverse Effects on Students" by Joshua Spilka
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"Christianity and Public Book Banning" by Joseph B. Tamney and Stephen D. Johnson
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"Analogy as Racial and Political Literacy: Taking Children’s Analyses Seriously" by Rhianna Thomas and Melva Thomas
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"Book Banning, Censorship, and Ethnic Studies in Urban Schools: An Introduction to the Special Issue" by Luis Urrieta, Jr. and Margarita Machado-Casas
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"Freedom for All?: Blacks, Jews, and the Political Censorship of White Racists in the Civil Rights Era" by Clive Webb
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"Book Banning" by Susan L. Webb
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"Banned Books Week: News Coverage of Textbook Burnings During World War I" by Stephen Wesson
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"Book Bans and the Threat of Censorship Rev Up Political Activism in the Suburbs" by Odette Yousef