PEN America has released its most recent report documenting public school book bans for the full 2023-2024 school year, finding 10,046 bans nationwide—a more than 200% rise over the previous ...

NEW YORK, NY – A recent report by PEN America reveals that nearly 10,000 books were banned in U.S. public schools during the 2023-2024 academic year, marking a threefold increase from the ...

Florida topped every state in the nation for the number of books removed from school libraries during the 2023-2024 school year.  That’s 4,500 books from July 2023 to June 2024, according to an annual ...

Jodi Picoult's “Nineteen Minutes” has topped a list compiled by PEN America of the books most often pulled from school shelves NEW YORK -- Jodi Picoult remembers when everyone seemed to praise ...

Book bans are sharply on the rise, according to a new study by PEN America. PEN America, a nonprofit organization that raises awareness for the protection of free expression through the ...

“Under her leadership, PEN America expanded its literary and free expression programs; enabled its influential studies of book bans, censorship, and other important topics; and successfully ...

(AP Photo/Evan Agostini ... bestseller about a school shooting that now tops a list compiled by PEN America of the books most banned in schools. “Not only was it recommended for young adults ...

PEN America, a nonprofit organization that raises awareness for the protection of free expression through the advancement of literature and human rights, has released statistics on book bans in ...

NEW YORK — Jodi Picoult remembers when everyone seemed to praise her novel ''Nineteen Minutes," a 2007 bestseller about a school shooting that now tops a list compiled by PEN America of the ...

Jodi Picoult's 'Nineteen Minutes' Tops PEN America of Books Banned in Schools NEW YORK (AP) — Jodi Picoult remembers when everyone seemed to praise her novel “Nineteen Minutes," a 2007 ...

On Friday, PEN issued a report that expands upon numbers released in September for Banned Books Week, when libraries and stores around the country highlighted censored works. PEN compiled more ...