Here Are 5 Book Ban Trends to Watch in 2023

Jan 4 2023 by The Daily Beast

 
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast

In the past two years PEN America has tracked thousands of book bans nationwide.

In that time, a familiar pattern has emerged: excerpts of books circulate online, and organized advocacy groups provide step-by-step strategies to demand their removal. Then, someone—a parent, administrator, concerned citizen or politician—acts on the advice and objects to a book being in a school. School officials give in to these demands often without...

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