Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club

Oct 30 2024 46 ep. 46 mins 54

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Enter the controversial pages of banned and challenged books, of censorship and culture wars. Join Nicolle Okoren and Eden Wen twice a month as they read, discuss and understand the books and authors that communities across the United States have historically tried—and are still currently trying—to keep out of the hands of children and teenagers.

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Interview with EveryLibrary & PEN America's Freedom to Read

Oct 30 2024 65 mins

Show up and speak up! Join us with EveryLibrary’s Peter Bromberg and PEN America’s Tasslyn Magnusson who are seeing how book bans are affecting authors, libraries, and kids. References* Fight for the First* Authors Against Book Bans* Let Utah ReadRecommended booksActivism* They Came for Our Schools, By Mike Hixenbaugh* That Librarian, by Amanda Jones* The Three Languages of Pol

35. Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi (2003)

Oct 16 2024 39 mins

ReferencesListen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers. Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If

34. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong (2019) feat. Alyanna Padilla

Oct 02 2024 60 mins

Referenceshttps://dvan.org/2019/08/book-review-on-earth-were-briefly-gorgeous/https://geoffwhaley.com/2020/08/14/on-earth-were-briefly-gorgeous-ocean-vuong/https://fictionwritersreview.com/review/on-earth-were-briefly-gorgeous-by-ocean-vuong/Listen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on

Season 3 Reading List!

Sep 18 2024 3 mins

This season…* On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong* Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi* I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou* Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson* Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson* Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer* Gossip Girl (#1), by Cecily von Ziegesar* Bone, by Jeff Smith* The Agony of Alice (#1), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor* For Whom th

33. The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas (2017)

Sep 04 2024 41 mins

Please join usReferences* Adriana E. Ramirez on why readers love ‘The Hate U Give’ - LA Times*https://youtu.be/OOac2vjHuyY*http://www.apache-stronghold.com/ *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1gNYFka1-s&t=1637s*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhmpQkEj3I8Listen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating

Rekindling: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume (1970)

Aug 21 2024 38 mins

Nicolle and Eden discuss Judy Blume’s Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, which has be challenged over two decades since the American Library Association began tracking in the ‘90s. Follow us on Instagram @burnthisbookpodcast to see the next book we’re reading. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get ac

32. The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison (1970) feat. Camille Price

Aug 07 2024 55 mins

References* Toni Morrison's legacy of language* Toni Morrison’s prose peels back the pain, beauty of Black experience* Toni Morrison’s Profound and Unrelenting VisionListen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission

31. All Boys Aren't Blue, by George M. Johnson (2020)

Jul 24 2024 45 mins

References* “Black Queer Author George M. Johnson’s Family Showed Up To Fight Back Against A Book Ban — And They Won” - Buzzfeed News* “The queer survival and coming-of-age book I needed as a child” - ScalawagListen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This h

30. The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie (2007)

Jun 12 2024 51 mins

References* The Native Harvey Weinsteins (Blog)* 'It Just Felt Very Wrong': Sherman Alexie's Accusers Go On The Record (NPR)* American Genocide: A podcast about the crimes of Native American boarding schools (Illuminative) Listen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This

Rekindling: Dungeons & Dragons feat. Adventure AI

May 29 2024 61 mins

Today’s episode is a rerun of one of our favorite episodes. Nicolle and Eden discuss Dungeons & Dragons and the Satanic Panic with Adventure AI’s Jason Conforto, Tyler Crump, and Alex the Language Lord.References* It's Time to Revisit the Satanic Panic* Stuff You Should Know Podcast: How Dungeons and Dragons Works* Into the Dragon's LairListen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A