EPISODE · Sep 18, 2023 · 3 MIN
Introducing: Borrowed and Banned
from Borrowed & Returned · host Brooklyn Public Library
Last year, over 2,500 unique titles were challenged in libraries across the country. That’s the highest number in over 20 years. On Borrowed and Banned, we tell the story of America’s ideological war with its bookshelves by talking with the people most impacted: the students on the frontlines, the librarians and teachers whose livelihoods are endangered when they speak up, and the writers whose books have become political battleground. Read the transcript and find resources: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/introducing-borrowed-and
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Last year, over 2,500 unique titles were challenged in libraries across the country. That’s the highest number in over 20 years. On Borrowed and Banned, we tell the story of America’s ideological war with its bookshelves by talking with the people most impacted: the students on the frontlines, the librarians and teachers whose livelihoods are endangered when they speak up, and the writers whose books have become political battleground. Read the transcript and find resources: https://www...
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