That librarian the fight against book banning in America
One of the things small town librarian Amanda Jones values most about books is how they can affirm a young person's sense of self. So in 2022, when she caught wind of a local public hearing that would discuss "book content," she knew what was at stake. Schools and libraries nationwide have been bomb...
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Bloomsbury Publishing,
[2024]
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Table of Contents:
- Liars and buzzards and trolls, oh my
- How we got here
- Here, there, everywhere
- WWJ: What would Judy do?
- (Wo)man in the mirror
- Hell hath no fury like a librarian scorned
- The battle begins : initial court proceedings
- Are you there Michelle? It's me, Amanda : it's hard to go high when the haters go so low
- The mob song
- Some people are ride or die, some people aren't
- The longevity of hate
- Think of the children
- It's raining sin, Hallelujah
- It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
- What you can do in your own community
- Don't let anyone dull your sparkle
- My July 19, 2022, speech to the Livingston Parish Library Board of Control
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography.
