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🇪🇺Newport Public Library 📚 banned books staircase.
The mural was created by artist Gary M. Herd of Kraken Studios as part of Banned Books Week celebrations.
scheichsbeutel@Natasha_Jay All these books are banned?? Where?
Eric"Florida led the nation for the third year in a row by banning 2,304 books during the 2024-2025 school year, followed by Texas with 1,781 bans and Tennessee with 1,622, according to the PEN report...The report found Stephen King was the most banned author in the past school year. King’s books were banned 206 times, with 87 of his titles affected, according to PEN."
-Newsweek, Published Oct 09, 2025