Texas school district pulls the Bible, The Bluest Eye and other books from library

School board in Dallas-Fort Worth area requires reviewing books facing challenges from parents

https://apple.news/APcC2BHUmSn6MJXsculFUxA

Abdulrazak Gurnah Refuses to Be Boxed In: ‘I Represent Me’

Gurnah, who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2021, has long rejected attempts to categorize him or his work. “The idea that a writer represents, I resist,” he said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/books/abdulrazak-gurnah-nobel-book.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Students lose access to books amid ‘state-sponsored purging of ideas’

Measures across the country aim to restrict what children can read. (from washingtonpost.com):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/08/17/book-ban-restriction-access-lgbtq/

Just finished issue #64. I pass out some hardcopies to people where I hold the sign. I put a few in coffee shops and a couple bookstores and some libraries. I don’t print many. Tap it to read it. Thanks. 

 

13 Books to Help You Reconnect With Nature (from ‘Vogue’)

https://apple.news/AUCPBAMeoRAaMU3KOJ6FaGw

 

A HARDCOPY DAILY PAPER is way down in circulation. I read a lot online like everybody does. But I get the ‘Times’ every day and the pages are from another world you can’t get to on your screens.

Book bans are threatening American democracy. Here’s how to fight back.

It starts with organizing locally, where the greatest threats exist.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/08/09/banned-books-censorship-fight-back/