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Podcast: New Books in Literary Studies
Episode: Book Banning: A Discussion with Christine Emeran of the National Coalition Against Censorship
Description: Book bans and book challenges are both on the rise. And they are increasing at unprecedented rates. But why is this happening? Dr. Christine Emeran of the National Coalition Against Censorship joins us to explore what’s driving censorship movements nationwide. In today’s episode, she takes us through politically organized efforts to ban books, and shares the statistics of book challenges and bans. She explores the new strategies used by groups to challenge books (strategies which differ from the past), and talks about groups fighting back to keep books on shelves.Our guest is: Dr. Christine Emera...