BPL Podcast

Banned Books - A History

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Owen dives into the history of banning books, reasons books are challenged, and he even recommends his favorite challenged title. Here is a list of all the books Owen mentions:

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
  • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
  • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
  • Looking for Alaska by John Green
  • Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

    • Special thanks to fo/mo/deep for lending us their song, "Bourbon Neat" for the podcast!

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