Hey there it's Greta today I am very excited to share with you an episode from the

podcast Missing Pages. This is the award-winning show produced by the Podglamorate

and hosted by literary critic and friend of Nurdett Beth and Patrick.

Missing Pages investigates the publishing industry's biggest hot button topics,

including the Insta Fame of Colleen Hoover and questions around who owns what in fan fiction.

Today's episode is part one of a two-part series on book bands and violence in the

literary world. In this first episode, Bethan gets the full perspective

on America's history of banning books,

going all the way back to the late 19th century.

So without giving anything more away, here's the full episode.

Please note that today's episode includes sexual references. The New York Times

The New York Times, the pace at which groups of parents and officials and lawmakers are challenging books in school libraries has reached a speed that many haven't seen in decades.

30 book challenges nationwide.

Parents and school officials banning books at an unprecedented rate.

There are not hundreds of people out there that would like to see those books before we burn them.

According to Penn America, bans are up 33% across the country.

Statewide laws have been passed to pull what's on the shelves in public libraries and public schools.

Jobs have been lost., educators have been threatened.

The graduate students that I work with who are teaching, they tell me stories of

their day-to-day work life these days that are different than anything I experience.

This is Adam Lott, a historian in college professor, but he's also taught in public schools

and he knows the ins and outs of the issues those teachers face.

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