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For the Love of Reading: Challenged and Censored

KZYX Public Affairs
KZYX Public Affairs
Episode • Sep 3, 2021 • 51m
September 1, 2021--On this edition of "For the Love of Reading: CHALLENGED and CENSORED, Linda Pack reads selections from Banned Books. Hear what many people — over centuries — have NOT wanted you to hear! Featuring selections from banned authors including: Nicholas Copernicus, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, George Orwell and more. This program is in honor of Banned Books Week, an annual event sponsored each September by the American Library Association, celebrating the First Amendment and the Freedom to Read by spotlighting current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools.