This is Banned Books Week 2024 and as of this year, thousands of books have been removed from library shelves across the country (link here), and attempts have been made to remove books from bookstores here in my home-state of Texas (link here). It seems like books are under attack more than ever and of course many writers have thought about what it could be like to write a book that gets banned.…

In all the discussions on banned books one group has been overlooked and silent until this article on Texas Public Radion (link here) in which public school kids affected by book bands spoke out. These kids are bright and curious, and this is something a fair number of adult-assholes in this world don’t want kids to be. I am forever grateful to my late mother and father for never restricting me…