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The meeting included several people heckling the library board president and led to an LGBTQ activist being arrested for disturbing the peace.
Books banners say sex in YA is age inappropriate, but that ignores that more than half of American teens have had sex by the time they're 18.
Here is just a selection of some the exciting queer books out this month, including adult, YA, and children's picks in a range of genres.
Learning one very simple statistic about reading resulted in me enjoying books more, getting better sleep, and establishing a daily routine.
Set aside the books everyone is talking about for minute and check out our favorite under-the-radar reads that deserve a lot more attention.
Listen to an audiobook or bookish podcast while piecing these together to celebrate your book love and block out the stresses of the world.
Does the rhetoric from book banners sound familiar, like we're in the 90s again? See if you can match the book banning rhetoric to its decade.
Several board members who voted to discipline the teacher had received financial donations from the parent who filed the complaint.
If you've ever seen baffling reading advice like "skim, skim, skim," you're probably seeing something aimed at the third category of reader.
Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee is withholding $110,000 from the library system until all "homosexual materials" are removed.