Think back about …
Banned Books
You may have read them, or maybe your children did, but they are now banned in many parts of the country for today’s young readers: To Kill a Mockingbird, Beloved, The Handmaid’s Tale, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, 1984, The Catcher in the Rye, Huckleberry Finn — the list goes on and on. Think back … what banned books have you read and how did they affect you? Why is book banning so prevalent? What is its impact on society? Share your Banned Books stories forward.Stories on This Week's Writing Prompt

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Marian
In the Midwest, the voice of a wise, sweet spider as been silenced. Charlotte's Web is a banned book. Who would have thought?

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Suzy
I'm not sure I've ever encountered any banned books, but if I had, I would have made a point of reading them.

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Khati Hendry
I felt uncomfortable packing the book and uncomfortable leaving it behind.

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Laurie Levy
On May 10, 1933, university students burned more than 25,000 “un-German” books in Berlin’s Opera Square (pictured below). [...]

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Betsy Pfau
I was a voracious reader in my day and read many books that had been banned at one some point. I read most of them just for [...]

I read banned books – to protest their banning of course, but also because they’re invariably such good reads! As you [...]

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John Shutkin
When I retired from my firm at the end of 2019, a lawyer with whom I had worked closely for many years gave me as a [...]

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Think back about …
Banned Books
You may have read them, or maybe your children did, but they are now banned in many parts of the country for today’s young readers: To Kill a Mockingbird, Beloved, The Handmaid’s Tale, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, 1984, The Catcher in the Rye, Huckleberry Finn — the list goes on and on. Think back … what banned books have you read and how did they affect you? Why is book banning so prevalent? What is its impact on society? Share your Banned Books stories forward.Upcoming Prompts
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