Public Library Association Biennial Conference Underway in Minneapolis

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Book #2 in my banned books series:
The Handmaid’s Tale

Some stories are banned because they’re inappropriate.
Others are banned because they’re too honest.

This one?
It forces you to sit with uncomfortable questions about power, control, and autonomy.

And that’s exactly why I’m reading it.

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Re-reading To Kill a Mockingbird and finishing it in one sitting—again.

It remains one of the most challenged books in the U.S., largely due to its portrayal of race and injustice.

That discomfort is precisely the point.

Literature that endures tends to ask questions people would rather avoid.

#BannedBooks #Literature #ToKillAMockingbird #FreedomToRead #ClassicBooks

I wanted something I could stay consistent with—even on low-energy days.

So I’m starting a banned books series.

Book #1 is To Kill a Mockingbird.

Because the stories people try to silence…
are usually the ones we need the most.

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NOW ON VERDANT SQUARE RADIO ==

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NOW PLAYING == The Project Censored Show 3/30/26 The Latest Threats to Press Freedom with Seth Stern

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NOW PLAYING == The Project Censored Show with Eleanor Goldfield 3/26/26: The US #Evangelical Crisis, with former Pastor Jared Stacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNbRz9-jDNM #news #culture #media #journalism #commentary #ProjectCensored #MickeyHuff #EleanorGoldfield #bannedbooks #publicradio #Pacifica #SupportPublicMedia #leftist #revolution #left #antiimperialist #anticapitalist #vsn https://mastodon.social/@VerdantSquareRadio/116320833695238470

NOW PLAYING == The Project Censored Show with Eleanor Goldfield 3/26/26: The US #Evangelical Crisis, with former Pastor Jared Stacy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNbRz9-jDNM

#news #culture #media #journalism #commentary #ProjectCensored #MickeyHuff #EleanorGoldfield #bannedbooks #publicradio #Pacifica #SupportPublicMedia #leftist #revolution #left #antiimperialist #anticapitalist #vsn #radio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

I wanted to create content that works even on low-energy days—because real life doesn’t always give you perfect, high-energy moments.

These are the stories that have been challenged, restricted, or silenced for talking about race, identity, power, and truth.

This series is about reading them anyway.

Because sometimes the books people try to hide are the ones we need the most.

#BannedBooks #ReadBannedBooks #ChronicIllnessLife #FreedomToRead #RealLifeContent #WomenWhoRead #HealingThroughBooks

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