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Book Banning in 21st-Century America

Book Banning in 21st-Century American Libraries, based on thirteen contemporary book challenge cases in schools and public libraries across the United States argues that understanding contemporary reading practices, especially interpretive strategies, is vital to understanding why people attempt to censor books in schools and public libraries... It discusses reading as a social practice that has changed over time and encompasses different physical modalities and interpretive strategies. In order to understand why people challenge books, it presents a model of how the practice of reading is understood by challengers including "what it means" to read a text, and especially how one constructs the idea of "appropriate" reading materials.

A Ghost in the Throat

Blend of memoir, autofiction, and poetry.

How to Tell A Story

"The definitive guide to telling an unforgettable story in any setting, drawing on twenty-five years of experience from the storytelling experts at The Moth."

When We Cease To Understand The World

"the complicated links between scientific and mathematical discovery, madness, and destruction."

eBooks on Writing

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