What can literature--especially dystopian, young adult literature--teach us? My guest—artist, LGBTQIA+ mentor/activist, and makeover maven Dice Moreno—takes us through Lois Lowry's best-selling novel The Giver, and talks about its sneakily complex and moving themes of memory, community, and love. As we dig in, we can't help but discuss why these ideas are so dangerous, and how book bans are on the rise. If this issue resonates with you, Pen America has a terrific report detailing which books are most threatened, and in what places:

Banned in the USA: https://pen.org/report/banned-in-the-usa-state-laws-supercharge-book-suppression-in-schools/?utm_source=google_cpc&utm_medium=ad_grant&utm_campaign=awareness&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5ea1BhC6ARIsAEOG5py9WkRy2rN0y9K2DKnXtZpo0cjgQ9KCgbA_Or5Hkyvo3-3EKWQnkgMaAj1-EALw_wcB

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