In her opinion essay, “ Let’s Build Trust Instead of Banning Books,” she lays out some concrete steps for how to have those values-based civic and classroom conversations.

This essay by Susan Kuklin is part of a series of interviews with — and essays by — authors who are finding their books being challenged and banned in the U.S. In 2014, when my book Beyond ...

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“Overwhelmingly, book bans target books on race or racism or featuring characters of color, as well as books with L.G.B.T.Q.+ characters,” notes the organization’s report.