Mastodawn

Neil Gaiman Apr 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.

PEN America

Show thread

Jensi

‎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 thread

OpenDNA⚙️

@yaenntz @neilhimself It's an ironic honor because all the greatest authors have books banned somewhere in the US.

It places you in the company of Mark Twain, George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, John Steinbeck, Harper Lee, J.D. Salinger, J.K. Rowling, Suzanne Collins, Margaret Atwood, Toni Morrison...