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Exhibits

Information about current and past McNichols Campus Library exhibits.

Banned Books Week 2023

Title: Banned Books Week 2023 

Description: This exhibit raises awareness of historical and current book bans and challenges in the United States and Michigan, and celebrates the freedom to choose what we read. 

Curation and Design: Associate Library Professors Sandra Wilson, Jill Spreitzer, and Cindy Gilham, and Assistant Library Professor Rebecca Tull

Dates: Oct. 1-7, 2023: 

Banned Books Week 2023

Photos and descriptions of books in the library display case: The Rabbit's Wedding, Catcher in the Rye, The Bluest Eye, The Grapes of Wrath, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Slaughterhouse Five, and the Index of Prohibited Books
Photo of books in lobby display case: Captain Underpants, Maus, The Illegitimacy of Jesus, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, The Handmaid's Tale, and The Kite Runner
Photo of books in display case: The 1619 Project, Fun Home, Gender Queer, The Hate U Give, How to Be An Antiracist