PEN America: Data From Two School Years of Book Banning Show Spread of Copycat Bans and a 'Scarlet Letter' Effect for Authors
December 15, 2023
December 15, 2023
NEW YORK, Dec. 15 -- PEN America issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2023:
In a cumulative data summary released today, PEN America reflects on the nearly 6,000 book bans in public schools documented from July 2021 to June 2023. Spineless Shelves: Two Years of Book Banning illustrates the spread of copycat book bans and an apparent "Scarlet Letter" effect, where several works from an author's catalog were subsequently targeted after at least one of their works wa . . .
In a cumulative data summary released today, PEN America reflects on the nearly 6,000 book bans in public schools documented from July 2021 to June 2023. Spineless Shelves: Two Years of Book Banning illustrates the spread of copycat book bans and an apparent "Scarlet Letter" effect, where several works from an author's catalog were subsequently targeted after at least one of their works wa . . .