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The store closed prior to the April announcement that they would be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with the other brick-and-mortar locations in Illinois and nationwide closing as a ...
Illinois has become the first state to legislate against the banning of books in public libraries, a practice that has been on the rise across the United States as conservatives look to suppress ...
What the reports do not quantify is the collateral damage of book bans, or so-called soft censorship, when a title is excluded, removed or limited before it is explicitly banned, out of fear of ...
The Banned Book Club, an online resource that allows readers to check out books banned by local libraries [55] Queer Liberation Library , is an LGBT digital library that aims to provide resources representing LGBT communities that is accessible to those living in areas where physical access to LGBT books is limited [ 42 ]
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: Jonathan Safran Foer: 2005 55 — — The Face on the Milk Carton: Caroline B. Cooney: Sexual content, challenging authority, and unsuitable for age group 1990 — 29 80 The Facts Speak For Themselves: Brock Cole: Sexual content, violence 1997 — 54 — Fade: Robert Cormier: References to child sexual abuse ...
[17] [6] [18] Targeted texts may be held by a business such as a bookstore; a library, either a public library or one located in a school or university; or the school or university as a whole. [19] The entity requesting censorship may be an organization, private individual, or government official. [19]
The American Library Association publishes a list of the top "Banned and Challenged Books" for any given year. [21] The American Library Association also organizes a "Banned Books Week", which is "an annual event celebrating the freedom to read." [21] The goal of the project is to bring awareness to banned books and promote the freedom to learn ...
Costco is closing the book on year-round sales of physical novels. The bulk retailer is looking to end constant book sales at 500 of its 600 stores across the U.S., according to reports .