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Velshi Banned Book Club

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Ali Velshi's Banned Book Club series allows readers to read and discuss books that people don't want in schools and libraries.
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Ali Velshi's Banned Book Club series allows readers to read and discuss books that people don't want in schools and libraries.

  • Stephen Chbosky

    Episode 21 - 13 mins
    "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" grapples with adolescent anguish and the pain of a close death.

  • The Importance of Access to LGBTQ+ Literature

    Episode 20 - 10 mins
    Literature removed from public school libraries last year features LGBTQ+ characters or themes.

  • Dorit Rabinyan

    Episode 19 - 14 mins
    Liat and Hilmi's love story starts in New York City, but they are from completely different worlds.

  • Mobilizing to Fight Book Bans

    Episode 18 - 13 mins
    There is an unofficial slogan on the Velshi Banned Book Club: reading as resistance.

  • Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation

    Episode 17 - 14 mins
    David Polonsky and Ari Folman reimagined the "The Diary of Anne Frank."

  • Shakespeare

    Episode 16 - 13 mins
    "Romeo and Juliet" is a tenet of the English-speaking world and one that deserves to be read.

  • The U.S. Constitution

    Episode 15 - 15 mins
    At its core, the current debate over the U.S. Constitution is over words; there are two camps.

  • Marjane Satrapi

    Episode 14 - 13 mins
    Award-winning "Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi centers around Marjane and her family.

  • Angie Thomas

    Episode 13 - 24 mins
    "The Hate U Give" centers around Starr Jackson, who witnesses the murder of her childhood friend.

  • Jonathan Evison

    Episode 12 - 11 mins
    Mostly a coming-of-age story, "Lawn Boy" grapples with serious topics.

  • Juno Dawson

    Episode 11 - 10 mins
    "This Book is Gay" serves as a non-fiction guide for LGBTQ+ youth, their parents, and their allies.

  • George M. Johnson and Ashley Hope Perez

    Episode 10 - 13 mins
    George M. Johnson and Ashley Hope Perez fight book bans in court.

  • Art Spiegelman

    Episode 9 - 12 mins
    Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel "Maus."

  • George Takei

    Episode 8 - 10 mins
    "They Called Us Enemy" is a poignant memoir of Takei's time in a U.S. internment camp.

  • Julia Alvarez

    Episode 7 - 12 mins
    "How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents" explores themes of identity, assimilation and memory.

  • Grace Linn

    Episode 6 - 10 mins
    Grace Linn goes viral defending literature and democracy at a Florida school board meeting.

  • Meg Cabot

    Episode 5 - 23 mins
    Reading and discussing books that people don't want in schools and libraries.

  • Marsha Skrypuch & Andrey Kurkov

    Episode 4 - 23 mins
    Reading and discussing books that people don't want in schools and libraries.

  • Nikole Hannah-Jones

    Episode 3 - 19 mins
    Reading and discussing books that people don't want in schools and libraries.

  • Zora Neale Hurston

    Episode 2 - 22 mins
    Reading and discussing books that people don't want in schools and libraries.

  • Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely

    Episode 1 - 20 mins
    Reading and discussing books that people don't want in schools and libraries.

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