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Contours of the Premodern World

America’s first banned book?

I was very interested to read Colleen Connolly's essay in the Smithsonian Magazine online about…

Anne GoodOctober 9, 2023

Book burned by Nazis. The scorched book, from the collection of gay physician and sexologist Magnus Hirschfield,

Children's Literature Research Collections News Primary Sourcery

Banning books threatens freedom

Renowned for its breadth and depth of works by children’s book authors and illustrators, The…

markengeSeptember 20, 2022

It's Perfectly Normal book cover

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LGBTQ books that have been challenged or banned

The following are a selection of books that have faced challenges or bans because of…

LVDSeptember 20, 2022

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