Censorship is plaguing our nation…
Picture This Post writers and its editors do NOT agree with the attempts to suppress literary expression. Censorship amputates our cultural tapestry according to the dictates of narrow anti-democratic sentiments.
You feel that way too?
Click on a picture here to read banned book testimonials, or click a link below.
BELOVED — Banned Book Testimonial from Amy Munice
DRAMA — Banned Book testimonial by Allison Pollack
FUN HOME — Banned Book Testimonial from Mari Regaignon
FUN HOME — Banned Book Testimonial Nina Martins
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE — Banned Book Testimonial from Daniel Brittingham
LOOKING FOR ALASKA — Banned Book Testimonial from Naqsh Mitra
NIGHT — Banned Book Testimonial from Juliette Volpe
PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER — Banned Book Testimonial from Naqsh Mitra
THE BLUEST EYE – Banned Book Testimonial From Allison Pollack
THIS ONE SUMMER — Banned Book Testimonial from Larissa Guerrini-Maraldi
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD — Banned Book Testimonial by Juliette Volpe
GOSSIP GIRL — Banned Book Testimonial from Bella Gaglione
KITE RUNNER — Banned Book Testimonial from Jamal Goodwin Jr.
THE HATE U GIVE — Banned Book Testimonial from Sabrina Arambula
If you too would like to contribute a testimonial, please read these short Banned Book Testimonial guidelines and email your testimonial and photo to the Picture This Post Banned Books Project Team.
Read more about the Picture This Post Campaign to Stop Book Banning and Censorship.
About the Author: In 1933, Nazis burned works of Jewish authors, and other works considered “un-German”
About the Author: Banned Books Project Editorial Team
Are you also alarmed by the rise of book banning in America?
Through spotlighting those involved in the fight against book banning, Picture This Post seeks to provide both an overview of this issue and suggestions on how you can join the groundswell of resistance to this latest chapter in censorship of artistic expression.
If you and/or your book club or book community wants to Adopt a Banned Book -- or in other ways add to this timely conversation --please write to bannedbookspicturethispost@gmail.com.
