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NEW YORK (AP) -- The Authors Guild is launching a Banned Books Club, the latest initiative from the literary world in response to the nationwide wave of

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Republican state lawmakers are joining the book ban movement by ultra conservative groups to remove titles from public schools and libraries.

Hundreds of books across dozens of states are being banned at an alarming rate. A majority of the bans feature books written by authors who are people of color, LGBTQ+, Black and Indigenous, and feature characters from marginalized groups.

In the last nine months, hundreds of books across dozens of states are being banned at an alarming rate, including "Peter Pan" in Tennessee.

Most banned books were written by authors who are people of color, LGBTQ+, or Indigenous, and feature characters from marginalized groups.

In the last nine months, hundreds of books across dozens of states have been banned, many by or about historically marginalized people.

Meanwhile, opponents say reviewing books for possible removal is "a dangerous trend and a slippery slope."

The 34 adults and 15 students will have three months to review the books that have been challenged by a conservative group as pornographic.

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