Neil GaimanApr 20, 2023

I learned today that 5 of my books are among the more than 1600 books banned in some schools right now.

https://pen.org/index-of-school-book-bans-2022/

For more information
https://pen.org/issue/free-the-books/

Banned Book List: 1,648 Books in 2021-2022 - PEN America

PEN America's fall 2022 Index of Banned Books found 1,477 instances of individual books banned, affecting 874 unique titles. This searchable banned book list includes each documented book ban in the first half of the 2022-23 school year.

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Show threadJensi ‎​Apr 20, 2023

@neilhimself i can"t even fathom why people give congrats. This is absolutely horrifying.

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana

Kind regards from Germany.

Show threadgrin
@yaenntz @neilhimself Because it is an honour to be banned by people against education, it shows that these books had something really important to teach which was considered to be very dangerous by bigots. You cannot easily fix stupid, you may as well laugh on them.
Apr 20, 2023 at 8:35pmWeb
Show threadMollyNYCApr 21, 2023

@grin @yaenntz @neilhimself

Yes. No books get banned because they’re dull, badly written, or a waste of the reader’s time.

They get banned because they’re so good they might change the reader’s opinions, or open up his or her worldview.

Damn right it’s an honor.