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U.S. faces ‘expanded and escalated’ book censorship, PEN America reports
Oct 01 2025
Timed to coincide with the upcoming Banned Books Week and Let Freedom Read Day, October 5–11, PEN America has released its annual report on censorship in public schools. The data further supports the concern, expressed across the book industry and in PW’s Freedom to Read issue, that censorship is widening in K–12 classrooms and libraries.
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The Forgotten Book Club
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