Please, Ban My Books

Dedicated to the Ten Members of the McMinn County School Board in McMinn County, Tennessee

Banned Books Week is once again here. It’s more than a celebration of books and reading. It’s a crusade for the freedom to read what we want when we want. At the forefront of this fight is the American Library Association, that vital organization which—among other things—monitors what books are being banned, where, why, and by who.

Yet my greatest wish i…