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Banned Books: Culture Wars and the Freedom to Read
This panel featured David Levithan ’94, young adult fiction author and Editorial Director at Scholastic; Jacinda Townsend, novelist and Assistant Professor of Literary Arts, Brown University; and Beatrice Pulliam, Director, Technology & Information Services, Providence Public Library, and President, Rhode Island Library Association. Kelly Clifton, Head of Library Community Engagement, Brown University Library moderated discussion of the current coordinated surge in efforts to censor books in schools and public libraries. Panelists focused on how book bans during the two most recent school years disproportionately affect books about the experiences of LGBTQ+ and BIPOC people, and they shared with audience members strategies at the local and national levels for mobilizing against threats to the freedom to read.
May 25th, 2024
Brown University
Banned Books: Culture Wars and the Freedom to Read
This panel featured David Levithan ’94, young adult fiction author and Editorial Director at Scholastic; Jacinda Townsend, novelist and Assistant Professor of Literary Arts, Brown University; and Beatrice Pulliam, Director, Technology & Information Services, Providence Public Library, and President, Rhode Island Library Association. Kelly Clifton, Head of Library Community Engagement, Brown University Library moderated discussion of the current coordinated surge in efforts to censor books in schools and public libraries. Panelists focused on how book bans during the two most recent school years disproportionately affect books about the experiences of LGBTQ+ and BIPOC people, and they shared with audience members strategies at the local and national levels for mobilizing against threats to the freedom to read.
May 25th, 2024
Brown University
