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Bookmark or Share- Banned in the USA: Beyond the Shelves - PEN AmericaPEN America is conducting additional content analysis of the remaining 3,140 titles banned in this school year that were only banned once, to be released in 2025. It is important to note that even one instance of a book being banned is harmful to authors, students, educators, and librarians alike.
- About PEN AmericaPEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. We champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word to transform the world.
- PEN America - The Freedom to WritePEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. We champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word to transform the world.
- Banned in the USA: The Mounting Pressure to Censor - PEN AmericaThe freedom to read is under assault in the United States—particularly in public schools—curtailing students’ freedom to explore words, ideas, and books. In the 2022–23 school year, from July 1, 2022, to June 31, 2023, PEN America recorded 3,362 instances of book bans in US public school classrooms and libraries.
- Banned in the USA: Narrating the Crisis - PEN AmericaThese snapshots, which draw from school districts across the country, provide vital context for the overwhelming number of book bans that have saturated the country since 2021. Each section of this report illustrates one key trend in the nationwide effort to disrupt public education.
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