Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Visualizing book ban trends

Washington Post reporter and analyst Philip Bump recently put together an article illustrating the post-2020 surge in calls for banning books throughout the United States. Most BookMen are already familiar with this disturbing phenomenon, and I have posted other items about it on this blog. But Bump's graphic depiction of the trend, using data from the American Library Association,  has even more impact.

Stylized image of three books stacked on top of each other - This Book is Gay, Out of Darkness, and Forever - with the titles on the sides scratched out. Text at bottom reads "BANNED AND CHALLENGED BOOKS"


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