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It's that time of year- all the cool librarians strap on our superhero capes and dust off our soap boxes to scream about banned books! We may only officially recognize Banned Books Week the last week of September, but let's talk about, read, and celebrate banned and challenged books every single day.Questions/comments/concerns/recommendations? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org.Books we mention:Gender Queer by Maia KobabeAll Boys Aren't Blue by George M JohnsonThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonCaptain Underpants by Dav PilkeyAnd Tango Makes Three by Justin RichardsonA Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill TwissPrince and Knight by Daniel HaackThe Hill We Climb by Amanda GormanSources:"American Library Association reports record number of demands to censor library books and materials in 2022,” American Library Association, March 22, 2023. https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2023/03/record-book-bans-2022"Book Ban Data", American Library Association, March 20, 2023. https://www.ala.org/bbooks/book-ban-data"American Library Association reports record number of unique book titles challenged in 2023", American Library Association, March 14, 2024. https://www.ala.org/news/2024/03/american-library-association-reports-record-number-unique-book-titles“Let Freedom Read,” Daniel Boone Regional Library, September 25, 2003. https://www.dbrl.org/adults/let-freedom-read“An Author's Apology” in “Mrs. Warren's Confession,” George Bernard Shaw, 1902, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1097/1097-h/1097-h.htm“About” Banned Books Week Coordinator, ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom, 2024. https://bannedbooksweek.org/about/Five Laws of Library Science, S. R. Ranganathan, 1931.

While we're off this week, we're encouraging everyone to listen to our Stop Book Banning episode, rereleased with new content! This week, we're talking to Maggie Tokuda-Hall, one of the founders of Authors Against Book Bans about the growth of book bans around the country in 2024. Book bans in United States schools and libraries are at their highest since the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom started collecting data, happening around the country, in every state, and disproportionately affecting books by and about LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC people. What's more, challenges are likely underreported, because librarians who are resisting them are facing unprecedented workplace retribution and in some cases physical danger.Book Bans are on the ballot this year in every state and local election, up and down the ticket. State legislatures, local town councils, county leadership and school boards are being overrun with candidates supported by conservative activists looking to limit access to books and ideas that offer identity, empathy, awareness, and power to young people around the country. We're concerned, so today, we're releasing a special episode of Fated Mates focused on book bans across the country. We interview three experts on what's happening, who is most impacted, and how we can all help. Show notes are extensive, and we hope you'll take a look at them. The GuestsMaggie Tokuda-Hall, author, activist, podcaster and founding member of Authors Against Book BansJarett Dapier, librarian, activist and author of Mr. Watson's Chickens. Jarrett is offering his complete stage adaption of Chris Crutcher's YA novel "The Sledding Hill" to the Office for Intellectual Freedom in support of Banned Books Week as a free download to read. Schools and communities interested in performing the play can do so with a $75 donation to the ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom. Lily Freeman, activist and student in Central Bucks County, PA. Read Lily's op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer and follow her instagram at ProjectUncensored. Congratulations, Lily, on your graduation!Melissa Walker, political activist at The States Project, journalist, and Middle Grade and YA author of Violet on the Runway, Let's Pretend We Never Met, Small Town Sinners and more. The ResourcesAuthors Against Book Bans, the author and creator wing of the fight for the freedom to readThe Youth Censorship Database at the National Coalition Against CensorshipBook Riot's censorship coverage is excellent and updated almost daily. They have an excellent explainer for

Tracy Strobel — CEO of the Cuyahoga County Public Library (CCPL)Tracy Strobel was appointed Chief Executive Officer of CCPL in July 2019 after serving in the Deputy Director role for nearly 15 years. CCPL has 27 branches that serve the 610,000 residents of 47 communities in Northeast Ohio. CCPL has earned the prestigious five-star rating in Library Journal's Index of Public Library Service for the last decade; and received the publication's highest overall score among America's largest metropolitan library systems for 10 consecutive years (2010-2019).Tracy's career in public libraries began with a focus on technology at Medina County District Library (1996-1999) and Cleveland Public Library (1999-2005), where she developed the nation's first 24/7 virtual reference service. Prior to becoming CEO, she led its 27 branches, Information Technology, Technical Services and Literacy & Learning divisions. Her major accomplishments at CCPL include leading the largest capital improvement program in the Library's history, which included the replacement of twelve branches and several renovation projects over a period of ten years.From 2011 to 2013, Tracy served as the U.S. representative to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's International Network of Emerging Library Innovators. She was a member of the Public Library Association (PLA) Board of Directors (2016-2019) and the American Library Association's (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee (2015-2019). Tracy served as chair of the ALA 2020 Census Library Outreach and Education Task Force (2018-2020) and is currently a member of the PLA's Continuing Education Advisory Committee.In February 2020, Tracy was appointed to the board of The Center for Community Solutions, a nonpartisan think tank focused on solutions to health, social and economic issues. She also serves on the board of Youth Opportunities Unlimited and chairs their Community Collaboration Committee.This was an amazing conversation — we cover Tracy's childhood dream of being a librarian, the history of the Cuyahoga County Public Library, the business and operations of libraries, their responsibility and role as a civic institution and bastion for education & the robust exchange of ideas, their evolution and relevance in ever dynamic and technologically enabled world, offering opportunity as a product, lesser-known and unexpected services of libraries, and ultimately, Tracy's vision for the future of the Cuyahoga County Public Library!If you can't tell, I am personally a huge fan of libraries, and as Tracy and I will discuss, I think they are of the most underrated public institutions we have, so it was a real treat to hear from Tracy about her experience leading the Cuyahoga County Public Library!-----Lay of The Land is brought to you by Ninety. As a Lay of The Land listener, you can leverage a free trial with Ninety, the platform that helps teams build great companies and the only officially licensed software for EOS® — used by over 7,000 companies and 100,000 users!This episode is brought to you by Impact Architects. As we share the stories of entrepreneurs building incredible organizations throughout NEO, Impact Architects helps those leaders — many of whom we've heard from as guests on Lay of The Land — realize their visions and build great organizations. I believe in Impact Architects and the people behind it so much, that I have actually joined them personally in their mission to help leaders gain focus, align together, and thrive by doing what they love! As a listener, you can sit down for a free consultation with Impact Architects by visiting ia.layoftheland.fm!-----Connect with Tracy Strobel on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracy-strobel-44421531/Learn more about The Cuyahoga County Public Library — https://cuyahogalibrary.org/Follow The Cuyahoga County Public Library on Twitter — https://twitter.com/CuyahogaLibFollow The Cuyahoga County Public Library on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/cuyahogalib/-----For more episodes of Lay of The Land, visit https://www.layoftheland.fm/Past guests include Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Steve Potash (OverDrive), Ed Largest (Westfield), Ray Leach (JumpStart), Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland), Pat Conway (Great Lakes Brewing), Lindsay Watson (Augment Therapy), and many more.Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up for Lay of The Land's weekly newsletter — sign up here.Connect with Jeffrey Stern on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreypstern/Follow Jeffrey Stern on Twitter @sternJefe — https://twitter.com/sternjefeFollow Lay of The Land on Twitter @podlayofthelandhttps://www.jeffreys.page/

Rhody Recommends brings you a short segment on our off weeks where we tell you what we're reading, watching, and listening to. Everything you hear about in this segment is available at your local library, or freely available online. In this episode: Top 13 Challenged Books in 2022 (per ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom) Learn more by  Visiting: Banned Books Week website Let Freedom Read Day Unite Against Book Bans Following: @rifreadomtoread #LetFreedomRead --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rhodyradio/message

In honor of Banned Books Week 2023 we're coming to you with an episode of Poppin' Off with Joyce McIntosh of the Freedom to Read Foundation. We are also joined by Dog-Eared's Tanvi Rastogi, a former youth librarian, who faced book banning challenges during her career. The episode focuses on the fight against book banning, what that means in our community and the problematic and dangerous nature of book banning.  The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) is a non-profit legal and educational organization affiliated with the American Library Association.  FTRF protects and defends the First Amendment to the Constitution and supports the right of libraries to collect - and individuals to access - information. https://www.ftrf.org/? (the Freedom to Read Foundation) https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/oif (the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom and challenge support) merrittfund.org (a fund supporting librarians who are facing discrimination in the workplace or whose job is being threatened due to their defense of intellectual freedom)

This week Tayla is joined by Emily Drabinski, incoming president of the American Library Association, and Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. They get into the controversy of book challenges and censorship, which poses a threat to free expression and vital library services all over the United States. They also discuss cozy mysteries, trash TV, and balancing reading for work and for pleasure. This episode was recorded live at the 2023 Rhode Island Library Association Annual Conference, held May 24-25 at the Providence Public Library. Podcast disclaimer Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you'd like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening! Books Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin Family Values by Melinda Cooper Libraries and the Global Retreat From Democracy edited by Natalie Green Taylor, Karen Kettnich, Ursula Gorham, and Paul T. Jaeger  Burglars Can't Be Choosers (Bernie Rhodenbarr #1) by Lawrence Block Dog On It (Chet & Bernie Mystery #1) by Spencer Quinn Browse books by Connie Willis AV Shrinking (2023- ) Superstore (2015-2021) Summer House (2017- ) Maine Cabin Masters (2017- ) The Bachelorette (2003- ) Q-Force (2021) Other American Library Association ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom WisCon Science Fiction Convention LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund Rhode Island Library Association fREADom in Rhode Island

This week, we're proud to present a conversation about the slippery slope of censorship and what you can do to preserve your community's freedom to read. Young Adult and Children's book author Jarrett Dapier appears in conversation with Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom and Kristin Pekoll, Assistant Director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. [...]

This week, we're proud to present a conversation about the slippery slope of censorship and what you can do to preserve your community's freedom to read. Young Adult and Children's book author Jarrett Dapier appears in conversation with Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom and Kristin Pekoll, Assistant Director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. Learn more about and get involved with Unite Against Book Bans, a national initiative from the ALA to empower readers everywhere to stand together in the fight against censorship. Open access for all people to books and stories of all kinds is critical to democracy, and we all need to work to ensure everyone has the freedom to read. This conversation originally took place May 15, 2022 and was recorded live at the American Writers Festival. AWM PODCAST NETWORK HOME More about the panelists: Jarrett Dapier is the author of the picture books Mr. Watson's Chickens (Chronicle Books), Jazz For Lunch! (Simon & Schuster), and The Most Haunted House in America (Abrams Kids). Also a librarian, he is the recipient of the 2016 John Phillip Immroth Award given by the American Library Association for his research which uncovered previously suppressed information about the 2013 censorship of the graphic novel Persepolis in Chicago Public Schools. His first graphic novel – Wake Now in the Fire – is based on this research and will be released by Chronicle Books in 2023. Deborah Caldwell-Stone is director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom and Executive Director of the Freedom to Read Foundation. For nearly two decades she has supported and advised libraries, librarians, and trustees addressing book censorship and privacy issues in their libraries. She is a former appellate litigator. Kristin Pekoll is the Assistant Director at the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. She is a former youth librarian from Wisconsin and a lifelong Green Bay Packers fan who happens to live in Chicago Bears country. She is the author of Beyond Banned Books: Defending Intellectual Freedom throughout Your Library published by ALA Editions in 2019.

In 2022, book bans in United States schools and libraries are at their highest since the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom started collecting data. Bans are happening around the country, in every state, and disproportionately affecting books by and about LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC people. What's more, challenges are likely underreported, because librarians who are resisting them are facing unprecedented workplace retribution and in some cases physical danger.Book Bans are on the ballot on November 8th, in every state and local election, up and down the ticket. State legislatures, local town councils, county leadership and school boards are being overrun with candidates supported by conservative activists looking to limit access to books and ideas that offer identity, empathy, awareness, and power to young people around the country. We're concerned, so today, we're releasing a special episode of Fated Mates focused on book bans across the country. We interview three experts on what's happening, who is most impacted, and how we can all help. Show notes are extensive, and we hope you'll take a look at them. Thank you to librarians, teachers, and kids and families who are standing up and speaking out. We are proud to stand with you. GuestsJarett Dapier, librarian, activist and author of Mr. Watson's Chickens Lily Freeman, activist and student in Central Bucks County, PA. Read Lily's op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer and follow her instagram at ProjectUncensored.Melissa Walker, political activist at The States Project, journalist, and Middle Grade and YA author of Violet on the Runway, Let's Pretend We Never Met, Small Town Sinners and more. ResourcesThe Youth Censorship Database at the National Coalition Against CensorshipBook Riot's censorship coverage is excellent and updated almost daily. They have an excellent explainer for how to find and develop a local anti-censorship groupIntellectual Round Table Freedom Blog: an exhaustive list of links related to news about challenges, censorship, and banning incidents, developing issues, and controversies that is updated weeklyPEN America's data on School Book Bans and Index of Educational Gag OrdersAmerican Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, full of resources and toolkits on challenges and how to combat themWhat's happening in Central Bucks County, PA is happening all over the country. Kids, families and educators are protesting loudlyAdvocates for Inclusive Education, for more information on what's happening on the ground in Bucks County, PAA map from ALA Banned Books week at the University of Illinois Library, and another from Red Wine & Blue. Teens around the country can get library cards from the Brooklyn Public Library. To apply for the card, teens can send a note to BooksUnbanned@bklynlibrary.org, or via the Library's s teen-run Instagram account, @bklynfuture. The $50 fee normally associated with out-of-state cards will be waivedLearn more about the Book Ban Busters at Red Wine & Blue.Ballotpedia is a resource for your local ballot and your local election mapsVote.org, to check your voter registration, locate your voting place and moreHow to HelpEducate yourself about the book challenge process in your school district: How it works, who sits on the book challenge committee, how those committee members are appointed.If there are book bans and protests in your school district, attend local school board meetings and support students, teachers & librarians who are speaking up. Tell your local public and school librarians they have your support. Write letters. Visit the library. Thank them for standing for intellectual freedom.Research school board candidates in your district. Vote accordingly. Consider running for something! Your school board and your state legislature need you! Consider this us telling you seven times! (We'll phonebank for you!) Vote to flip your state legislature blue. Rally your friends to join you in a Giving Circle at the States Project.Donate to organizations (listed below) that support intellectual freedom and combat book bans. Organizations to Support (and Volunteer with)You can join PenAmerica, and your membership helps defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture.Donate to the Freedom To Read Foundation and become a member. The Freedom To Read Foundation effectively conducts important first amendment legal work regarding book bans and censorship.GLSEN, Creating a Better World for LGBTQ StudentsIntellectual Freedom Endowment Fund at the American Library AssociationThe National Coalition Against Censorship, providing direct intervention for people and groups facing censorshipThe States Project, helping to flip (or keep) state legislatures blueThe Trevor Project, supporting LGBTQ young people 24/7, all year roundWe Believe in Education, a movement of parents and families fighting for students' freedom to learnThe Most Banned Books of 2021Gender Queer by Maia KobabeReasons: Banned, challenged, and restricted for LGBTQIA+ content, and because it was considered to have sexually explicit imagesLawn Boy by Jonathan EvisonReasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicitAll Boys Aren't Blue by George M. JohnsonReasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content, profanity, and because it was considered to be sexually explicitOut of Darkness by Ashley Hope PerezReasons: Banned, challenged, and restricted for depictions of abuse and because it was considered to be sexually explicitThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasReasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, violence, and because it was thought to promote an anti-police message and indoctrination of a social agendaThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieReasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, sexual references and use of a derogatory termMe and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse AndrewsReasons: Banned and challenged because it was considered sexually explicit and degrading to womenThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonReasons: Banned and challenged because it depicts child sexual abuse and was considered sexually explicitThis Book is Gay by Juno DawsonReasons: Banned, challenged, relocated, and restricted for providing sexual education and LGBTQIA+ content.Beyond Magenta by Susan KuklinReasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit.

Tyrel Dale and Shane Foster are the founding board members of X Books in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to starting this new non-profit, the two didn't know each other but had the same goal in mind to get more books into prisons. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter protests, Shane and Tyrel tell their story and share their expectations for what lies ahead.   Restricted Reading was reported and produced by Stephanie Marudas of Kouvenda Media, with editorial assistance from Emily Previti and mixed by Brad Linder. Sponsorship for the series comes from the Freedom to Read Foundation along with support from the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. Connect with us @KouvendaMedia on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook.   Kouvenda Media is an independently owned production house dedicated to creating in-depth podcasts that are thoughtful, engaging and informed by deep research and reporting, data analysis, extensive conversations and personal narratives. To learn more about our work, find us online at https://www.kouvendamedia.com/.

Jodi Lincoln is a co-chair for Book 'Em in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and one of the co-authors of a recent research study, Systemic Oppression and the Contested Ground of Information Access for Incarcerated People. Jodi talks about what's involved in sending reading materials to prisons, building rapport with incarcerated readers through letters and controversial questions about sexually explicit content.   Restricted Reading was reported and produced by Stephanie Marudas of Kouvenda Media, with editorial assistance from Emily Previti and mixed by Brad Linder. Sponsorship for the series comes from the Freedom to Read Foundation along with support from the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. Connect with us @KouvendaMedia on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook.   Kouvenda Media is an independently owned production house dedicated to creating in-depth podcasts that are thoughtful, engaging and informed by deep research and reporting, data analysis, extensive conversations and personal narratives. To learn more about our work, find us online at https://www.kouvendamedia.com/.

Michelle Dillon, volunteer and board member for Books to Prisoners Seattle, is one of the co-authors of a recent research study, Systemic Oppression and the Contested Ground of Information Access for Incarcerated People. Michelle discusses her attempts to compile banned books lists from prisons nationwide and censorship patterns around materials by authors of color and issues affecting communities of color.   Restricted Reading was reported and produced by Stephanie Marudas of Kouvenda Media, with editorial assistance from Emily Previti and mixed by Brad Linder. Sponsorship for the series comes from the Freedom to Read Foundation along with support from the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. Connect with us @KouvendaMedia on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook.   Kouvenda Media is an independently owned production house dedicated to creating in-depth podcasts that are thoughtful, engaging and informed by deep research and reporting, data analysis, extensive conversations and personal narratives. To learn more about our work, find us online at https://www.kouvendamedia.com/.

Paul Wright is the executive director of the Human Rights Defense Center and editor of Prison Legal News (PLN), which he founded while incarcerated. Paul speaks about both his personal and professional experience challenging reading censorship in prison and the need for litigation.   Restricted Reading was reported and produced by Stephanie Marudas of Kouvenda Media, with editorial assistance from Emily Previti and mixed by Brad Linder. Sponsorship for the series comes from the Freedom to Read Foundation along with support from the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. Connect with us @KouvendaMedia on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook.   Kouvenda Media is an independently owned production house dedicated to creating in-depth podcasts that are thoughtful, engaging and informed by deep research and reporting, data analysis, extensive conversations and personal narratives. To learn more about our work, find us online at https://www.kouvendamedia.com/.

David Fathi is the director of the National Prison Project for the ACLU. David discusses some of the dynamics contributing to prison censorship, controversial restrictions that have come up during his tenure and various legal challenges taken in response.   Restricted Reading was reported and produced by Stephanie Marudas of Kouvenda Media, with editorial assistance from Emily Previti and mixed by Brad Linder. Sponsorship for the series comes from the Freedom to Read Foundation along with support from the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. Connect with us @KouvendaMedia on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook.   Kouvenda Media is an independently owned production house dedicated to creating in-depth podcasts that are thoughtful, engaging and informed by deep research and reporting, data analysis, extensive conversations and personal narratives. To learn more about our work, find us online at https://www.kouvendamedia.com/.

This synopsis provides an overview on restricted reading practices in prison with Pen America's James Tager, author of Literature Locked Up: How Prison Book Restriction Policies Constitute the Nation's Largest Book Ban.   Restricted Reading was reported and produced by Stephanie Marudas of Kouvenda Media, with editorial assistance from Emily Previti and mixed by Brad Linder. Sponsorship for the series comes from the Freedom to Read Foundation along with support from the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. Connect with us @KouvendaMedia on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook.   Kouvenda Media is an independently owned production house dedicated to creating in-depth podcasts that are thoughtful, engaging and informed by deep research and reporting, data analysis, extensive conversations and personal narratives. To learn more about our work, find us online at https://www.kouvendamedia.com/.

This montage features perspectives on prison censorship from Freedom to Read Foundation board member Eldon Ray James, who was formerly incarcerated; institutional library consultant Erin Boyington from the Colorado State Library; staff writer Seth Galinsky of The Militant Newspaper; and University of Illinois faculty member and Education Justice Project director Rebecca Ginsburg.   Restricted Reading was reported and produced by Stephanie Marudas of Kouvenda Media, with editorial assistance from Emily Previti and mixed by Brad Linder. Sponsorship for the series comes from the Freedom to Read Foundation along with support from the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. Connect with us @KouvendaMedia on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook.   Kouvenda Media is an independently owned production house dedicated to creating in-depth podcasts that are thoughtful, engaging and informed by deep research and reporting, data analysis, extensive conversations and personal narratives. To learn more about our work, find us online at https://www.kouvendamedia.com/.

This week on the Vill House Podcast we remember back to where we were when tragedy struck on 9/11. We then switched gears and discussed a list we pulled from a website of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom of books that have been banned from schools and libraries. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Restricted Reading, a new original series of short personal audio narratives, examines access to information in prison and the right to intellectual freedom for the more than 2.2 million people incarcerated in America today. The series will be released during Banned Books Week, Sept. 26 – Oct. 2, 2021. Restricted Reading is produced by Kouvenda Media, with sponsorship from the Freedom to Read Foundation and support from the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom.

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Karina and Matthew talk about the LGBTQ representation in children's literature, anti-queerness and parallels with colorism and racism, and what LGBTQ-centered stories can mean for kids who have not yet encountered queer individuals. Joining is special guest Kacen Callender, author of Hurricane Child. This episode is sponsored by  Libro.fm Audiobooks Source Books and P is for Pterodactyl by Raj Haldar and Chris Carpenter (AKA Lushlife); illustrated by Maria Tina Beddia  Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more kidlit news and recommendations, sign up for our The Kids Are All Right newsletter!   RELEVANT LINKS: Top Ten Most Challenged Books Lists (Banned & Challenged Books: a website of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom) Trans Activist Miss Major Revisits The Stonewall Riots (HBO Vice News) 50 Years Since Stonewall, Transgender People Are Still Fighting for Their Lives (The Daily Beast) Kacen Callender's website @KacenCallender (Twitter) Kacen.Callender (Instagram) BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: Picture Books: When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Luckoff, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita Jerome by Heart by Thomas Scotto, illustrated by Olivier Tallec, and translated by Claudia Bedrick It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn, illustrated by Noah Grigni Middle Grade: Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring Blake Redwood and Ponytail by K.A. Holt (out 10/1 with Chronicle Books) Graphic Novel: The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith (out 1/20/20 with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Let us know what books or topics you've been sharing this week, or if you have a suggestion or book recommendation for an upcoming episode. Find us on email (kidlitthesedays@bookriot.com), Twitter (@KarinaYanGlaser and @MatthewWinner), or Instagram (@KarinaIsReadingAndWriting and @MatthewCWinner).

Episode 7: Why Net Neutrality Matters for Nonprofits Despite substantial public opposition, Obama-era regulations securing Net Neutrality – a principle that essentially bars Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from playing favorites with different websites – were rolled back by the FCC on June 11, 2018. These changes could pave the way for a new, highly manipulated user experience: movements, media reports, resources, and more that ISPs – or their investors – don’t like, or that don’t make them any money, could end up on the other side of a slow connection. What could this mean for nonprofits – and for the communities they serve? Katharine Trendacosta, Policy Analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Larra Clark, Deputy Director for both the Public Library Association (PLA) and the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office of Information Technology Policy, join the hosts.

In Episode 17 of the Dewey Decibel podcast, American Libraries looks at the protests that took place on August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia, through the eyes of the library world. First, American Libraries Associate Editor and Dewey Decibel host Phil Morehart talks to John Halliday, director of Jefferson-Madison Regional Library in Charlottesville, and Krista Farrell, assistant director and branch manager of Jefferson-Madison Regional Library’s Central Library. The Central Library sits on what was the frontlines of the protests. John and Krista shared with Phil the events of that day and how their library handled it. Next, Phil sits down with Jody Gray, director of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services, and Kristin Pekoll, assistant director of ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, to discuss ALA’s tracking of hate crimes at and in libraries and what you can do if your library falls victim to hate. Finally, Phil talks to Peter Berg, associate director for special collections and preservation at Michigan State University Libraries. Michigan State University Libraries holds a massive collection of extremist literature, paraphernalia, and other materials. Phil and Peter examine the collection and why it’s important for libraries and archives to save these materials, despite the repugnant nature of some of them.

In Episode 14 of the Dewey Decibel podcast, American Libraries examines a multi-faceted issue: privacy, both inside and outside the library. AL Associate Editor and host Phil Morehart talks with Deborah Caldwell-Stone, deputy director of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom and the Freedom to Read Foundation, about privacy concerns that affect libraries. Next, Phil discusses the right to be forgotten—legislation that forces online search engines to remove information flagged as inaccurate or irrelevant by petitioners—with Jim Neal, university librarian emeritus at Columbia University and ALA president-elect. Finally, AL Editor-at-Large Anne Ford speaks with Alison Macrina, director and founder of the Library Freedom Project, about the organization’s mission to help libraries secure patrons’ privacy. If you have feedback for the Dewey Decibel team, email us at deweydecibel@ala.org. Tell us what you like, what you don’t like, or what you’d like to see us cover. Follow us on Twitter and leave us a review on iTunes.

Kristin Pekoll joins the podcast to talk about her own library journey, experiences with book challenges, and the amazing work of the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom.