Online & Print

Article by Joyce E. Kim, Tilly R. Robinson, and Neil H. Shah in Harvard Crimson (November 1, 2024):https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/11/1/pro-palestine-library-protests/

Article by Will Carless, Chris Ullery and Alia Wong in USA Today (October 5, 2023): https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2023/10/05/website-driving-banned-books-surge-moms-for-liberty/70922213007/

Article by Caitlin Evans and Bailey Herman in Midstory (October 4, 2023): https://www.midstory.org/how-illinois-librarians-are-waging-war-on-literary-censorship/

Artlc;e by Luke Taylor in the News-Gazette (September 16, 2023): https://www.news-gazette.com/news/professor-testifies-before-u-s-senate-its-our-right-to-read/article_d5e3945d-1a47-5afb-962b-aacae7764583.html

Article by Alexander Alter in the New York Times (August 31, 2023): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/books/john-green-books-ban-indiana.html

Article by Jackie Valley in the Christian Science Monitor (May 15, 2023): https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2023/0515/Between-the-stacks-A-day-in-the-life-of-a-library

Article by David Oliver in USA Today (February 22, 2023): https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2023/02/22/book-bans-what-happens-culture/11262643002/

Article by Matt Troher and Cecilia Milmoe in the Daily Illini (February 1, 2023): https://dailyillini.com/life_and_culture-stories/2023/02/01/ap-african-american-studies/

Article by Michael Agresta in Texas Monthly (November 23, 2022): https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/the-year-we-banned-books/

Article by By Caroline Kubzansky and Adriana Pérez in the Chicago Tribune (November 1, 2022): https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-lwd-rise-book-bannings-drag-pushback-20221101-xmfbcynghncvtdd6toutdhyrmq-story.html

Article by Priscilla Wu in Poets & Writers Magazine (September/October 2022): https://www.pw.org/content/forty_years_of_banned_books_week

Interview in Duke Divinity School’s Faith & Leadership newsletter by Aleta Payne: https://faithandleadership.com/emily-knox-book-bannings-are-lagging-indicator-societys-reaction-change

Quoted in article in Deseret News by Kelsey Dallas (August 24, 2022): https://www.deseret.com/faith/2022/8/18/23311833/why-bible-was-removed-from-libraries-texas-school-district

Article in the Washington Post by Kim Bellware (June 13, 2022): https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/13/proud-boy-drag-queen/

Article in the Washington Post by Angela Haupt (June 9, 2022): https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/06/09/rise-book-bans-explained/

Article in Deseret Magazine by Laurenz Busch (March 16, 2022): https://www.deseret.com/2022/3/16/22979747/book-bans-are-the-new-front-in-the-culture-wars-whats-really-going-on-maus-to-kill-a-mockingbird

Article in Library Journal by Amy Rhea (March 14, 2022): https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/Public-Libraries-Face-Escalating-Book-Challenges

Article in Reader’s Digest by Elizabeth Yuko (March 3, 2022): https://www.rd.com/article/book-banning/

Article in National Geographic by Cassandra Spratling (February 28, 2022): https://www.nationalgeographic.com/family/article/how-removing-books-from-schools-affects-kids

Article on Parents.com by Pooja Makhijani (February 11, 2022): https://www.parents.com/fun/entertainment/books/11-books-that-have-been-recently-banned-and-what-book-bannings-really-mean-for-our-kids/

Article in Inside Higher Ed by Josh Moody (February 10, 2022): https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/02/10/how-k-12-book-bans-affect-higher-education

Article in the Christian Science Monitor by Lee Adair Lawrence (February 9, 2022): https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/2022/0209/Rising-book-bans-Grounds-for-moral-panic

Interview with the Fabulist (February 2022): https://fabulistmagazine.com/people-who-try-to-ban-books-truly-believe-that-books-are-powerful-emily-knox-on-the-freedom-to-read/

Article in Yahoo News by Christopher Wilson (February 1, 2022): https://news.yahoo.com/book-censorship-schools-surge-emily-knox-interview-191605295.html

Article in Slate by Aymann Ismail (January 31, 2022): https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/01/maus-banned-tennessee-holocaust-graphic-novel.html

Article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Jane Henderson (January 30, 2022): https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/librarians-others-stand-against-wentzville-s-book-ban/article_5679df49-c7dd-54d0-8258-fc94f5d0078b.html

NPR affiliated WITF story by Report for America corps member Gabriela Martínez (December 29, 2021) https://www.witf.org/2021/12/29/top-stories-of-2021-critical-race-theory-and-pa-school-board-elections/

Article by WBEZ Education Reporter Susie An (November 17, 2021): National fight is creeping into Illinois schools over what is read, taught and who belongs: https://www.wbez.org/stories/national-book-ban-fight-creeping-into-illinois-schools/6deae2f9-3cd8-46ff-b5d0-b59a925f0683

Article in Time by Oliva Waxman (November 16, 2021) https://time.com/6117685/book-bans-school-libraries/?fbclid=IwAR2ggTihbCE8vBngsWIUU9uXeNMOxUkPbuh16C6y4oh4R9gCn7nqhcZfJYM

Article in San Diego Union Tribune by Lisa Deaderick (November 7, 2021) : https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/columnists/story/2021-11-07/what-are-we-afraid-of-banning-books-and-talks-about-race-in-schools-wont-erase-reality

Interview with Illinois New Bureau by Jodi Heckel (November 10, 2021): https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/680229068

Mention in New York Times Education Briefing by Amelia Nierenberg (November 3, 2021) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/us/virginias-fight-over-beloved.html?smid=em-share

Interview in Slate by Rebecca Onion (October 31, 2021): https://slate.com/culture/2021/10/beloved-glenn-youngkin-ad-toni-morrison-book-banning.html