Lori Rozsa: How anarchists in North Carolina rescued books banned in #Florida: A bookshop in left-leaning #Asheville
is now sending children’s books back to the Sunshine State

"When the managers of a small bookstore in this Appalachian mountain town received a call from a distributor wondering if they could take in 22,000 books rejected by a Florida school district, it felt like a colossal ask.

Firestorm Books usually stocks fewer than 8,000 books — titles that range from historical fiction to solarpunk. The self-described #queer #feminist collective wasn’t sure where they’d put them, and their customers typically weren’t looking for picture books.

… Firestorm Books not only took in the rejected children’s stories, but is now sending them to anyone who requests them. Many of the books are heading back to Florida."

#northcarolina #bannedbooks #anarchists #books #lgbtq #firestormbooks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/10/florida-book-ban-duval-schools