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Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club

By: Nicolle Okoren & Eden Wen
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 Enter the controversial pages of banned and challenged books, of censorship and culture wars. Join Nicolle Okoren and Eden Wen twice a month as they read, discuss and understand the books and authors that communities across the United States have historically tried—and are still currently trying—to keep out of the hands of children and teenagers.

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  • Literacy Series: Satire feat. Kerry Soper

    Literacy Series: Satire feat. Kerry Soper
    May 28 2025

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    58 mins
  • Season 4 Summer Reading List and some news!

    Season 4 Summer Reading List and some news!
    May 14 2025

    Books

    * Nineteen Minutes, by Jodi Picoult

    * The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini

    * Cinderella is Dead, by Kalynn Bayron

    * A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J. Maas

    * Forever…, by Judy Blume

    * Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut

    * Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, by Alison Bechdel

    * Go Ask Alice, by Beatrice Sparks

    * The Diary of Anne Frank

    * A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess

    * The Awakening, by Kate Chopin

    * Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, Sarah S. Brannen

    * Year of Wonders, by Geraldine Brooks

    * Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card

    * Nineteen Eighty-Five, by George Orwell

    * Habibi, by Craig Thompson

    Summer Literacy Series

    * Satire

    * Allegory

    * Dialogic Questioning

    * Foil

    * Literalism

    * Marxism/Communism

    * Symbolism (Biblical)

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    7 mins
  • Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison (1977)

    Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison (1977)
    Apr 30 2025

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    44 mins

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