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Students are forming banned-book clubs and distribution drives to contest restrictions that focus mostly on LGBTQ and racial themes.
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Some Texas residents are asking for greater say in what titles appear on public library shelves.
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A coming-of-age memoir by a California writer has been seized upon by politicians who want greater control over the kinds of books available in Texas schools.
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It’s unclear why the governor tasked the state's education agency, which does not employ law enforcement officers, to perform the investigation.
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Rep. Matt Krause, a candidate for state attorney general, asks school superintendents to confirm whether any books on a list of 850 titles are in their libraries and classrooms.
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Are you a hardcore bibliophile? How about an occasional reader? Either way, the members of the KERA Newsroom have compiled a list of books they think you ought to check out this summer. From cookbooks to novels to biographies, this list is sure to keep you entertained and thinking all summer long.
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Areas known as book deserts are low on reading material and places like libraries and bookstores. A school district northwest of Fort Worth, which is located in such a desert, provide students with books during the summer through a mobile library initiative.
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There are a lot of Pride Month reading lists out there — so we thought we'd get away from the classics everyone knows. We asked author Akwaeke Emezi to recommend some of their favorite reads.
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Everyone's talking about getting out and about now that the pandemic has calmed — but what if you don't want to? Here are three books in translation that'll help you dig into your own life and mind.
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While a number of Black bookstore owners said they were grateful for the increase in business, they worried that this sudden interest in certain books would only put a temporary Band-Aid on the much more pervasive problem of systemic racism in the U.S.
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All 25 Dallas Public Library branches will open on May 4, after temporarily closing due to the pandemic, but new COVID-19 safety measures will be in place.
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In over 30 novels and across dozens of screenplays, nonfiction works and memoirs, McMurtry became a beloved yet unsentimental chronicler of the American West.