Readers and Writer's United against Censorship
Readers and Writer's Against Censorship
The rate of banning books or the attempt to ban or censor books has grown at an alarming rate in the past few years. Some states have higher rates than others. It is not only the classics that are still getting banned or are becoming controversial, but children's books with topics or themes such as LGBYQ+ or Antiracism, or books that don't have the "typical" norm for a family. What is that anyway? The Mother, Father, and two children, a boy and a girl, is an antiquated idea.
This page will be used to inform, and is also connected to the information on Amy's Bookshelf Reviews.
Resources
Amy's Bookshelf Reviews Banned Books
Amy's Bookshelf Reviews has a list of Banned Books, and also makes it a point to read and review books that are controversial, banned, once burned, and challenged.
Unite Against Book Bans
Unite Against Book Bans
Get your Action Tool Kit, donate, or join the campaign.
Banned Books Week
Unite Against Book Bans
2023 Banned Books Week is October 1-7.
American Library Association
With the unprecedented surge in local and statewide book challenges, ALA offers this clearinghouse of resources to assist library workers and advocates in responding to and supporting others facing those challenges.
Office for Intellectual Freedom
The goal of the office is to educate librarians and the general public about the nature and importance of intellectual freedom in libraries.
Let Freedom Read
"Library Bill of Rights", American Library Association, June 30, 2006.
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill (Accessed November 10, 2023)
Document ID: 669fd6a3-8939-3e54-7577-996a0a3f8952
All of Our Yesterdays by Amy Shannon
This book is dedicated to my father, and also features some of his own poetry, and essays. My father has dementia now, but he always had the mind of a genius (he was literally a genius with an IQ of 162), but as time went on, he had the heart of a poet. He may not be able to read anymore, but I’m sure, somewhere, there is still a poem in his heart. My father, himself was a great poet.
My father’s legacy will live on, even if it’s just words, because it’s never just words.