three topics sexuality or gender, sexua identity, race, and bodily autonomy including sexual an physical violence. removing books that deal wit these three are real topic sent a clear message to reader that those groups matter less, those experiences should b explored, less they certainl should not be discussed in costumes parents have stood at they have made his books entirely out of conference and these so-called activist typically do not read th books. in their entirety. instead require on list of hundreds of titles - from conservative lawmakers, guests, or organized conservative pressure groups these plants are not actin alone, or many would have you concerne parents. preserving in the, since gettinga backwards, robbin their children, and disservice picking up a copy of the books speak, could help a woma recovering from sexual assault on her voice reading her martin could help bird of racism feel a little less alone what erased could help a student with their own
grown into something larger an more fruitful than we uppe match and. the velshi banned book club wa created in response to the targeting a removal of so many important books from libraries and school curricula across th country. according to p.e.n. america, and nonprofit organization the champions the freedom to rea and write in the united states from july 2021 to june 2022, there were 2532 instances of individual books been banned that s a shocking number what the figure doesn t make clear is the types of book that have been fans. as we begin to compile our own list of banned literature, or feature for you, with author from margaret atwood to a clear pattern emerged. it became apparent that th most frequently targeted boo shared at least one of the sam three topics sexuality or gender, and sexua identity, race, and bodily autonomy including sexual and physica violence we re moving books that deal with these three very real topics sends a clear message t readers that those
elusive. the art these human themes tha are what does it mean to make life after so much trauma an violence how does one not becom completely defined by th brutality? how does one not become th thing that the larger societ says you are it grapples with being described as part animal b schoolteacher, the struggle of the novel is a novel of become main, and sustaining ones in the face of violence there is something about the book that is both historically significance around race, an also, it has a sorted stee human quality that i think everyone can connect to. professor, i ve heard fro alan waltz, one of our boo club members, who says the bel beloved, and tony morrison, al my own sorrow, pain, fear, and deep conviction, all of sudden make complete and total
beloved is snatch from you library shelves. it is a hard read, but is necessary one. we have two friends of the show, princeton university s dr. edd junior, and dr. imani perry, t join us to discuss morrison legacy and help us unpac beloved. they taught a college course o tony morrison together i begin by asking them why the both kept returning to beloved over the years here is what they told me. it tells you the story of how slavery became a nationa institution with the fugitiv slave act. she can be caught in ohio. it also tells a story of the post slavery period, tha interstitial period where th promise of citizenship becam still elusive. there are these human themes that are so important. what does it mean to try t make a life after so muc trauma and violence?
passion. you can see in her face changes and she really feels the music when she s playing. she was exciting to be around and so mature at a young age. who knows who she ll be performing for next in five, ten years to come. hopefully one of us. pretty good stuff. i got a front row seat. i was lucky. next up, joshua bennett is a spoken word artist, just a tender 20-year-old. oh, to be 20 again. a remarkable young man. also known as a slam. if you snowe know anything about slam poetry, it requires a certain level of intensity, emotion and passion. and joshua bennett is all of that and more. when he goes poems about human themes, overcoming struggle, adversity, heart break, dealing with pain, you can really feel that. that s why he is a national slam poe set champion. he performs nationally and s in poetry lounges as local