Research shows that children’s reading experiences are “complex and unpredictable.” Trisha Tucker teaches a class on banned books at the University of Southern California and explained that attempts to ban books are “frequently motivated by misapprehensions about how children consume and process literature.” Here are three selections from those articles. has published numerous stories exploring the wave of attempts to ban certain books from public schools and how those attacks on free speech teeter on the edges of constitutionality – and potential violence. “Terrorism must not terrorize us,” Rushdie said. In his first public appearance since the attack, on May 18, 2023, Rushdie, 75, accepted an award for his courage at the annual gala of PEN America, a nonprofit literary group that is in the middle of a fight in Florida over attempts to restrict access to books primarily involving race and LGBTQ+ identities.ĭuring his brief speech, Rushdie said the attacks on books and teaching and even libraries have “never been more dangerous and never been more important to fight.”
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