<div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:garamond,"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">Launched in 1892 and held annually in September, </span><a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/banned" target="_blank" style="font-family:garamond,"times new roman",serif;text-decoration:none">Banned Books Week</a><span style="font-family:garamond,"times new roman",serif;font-size:large"> </span><span style="font-family:garamond,"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">is an awareness campaign that calls attention to challenged and banned books. The theme for Banned Books Week 2024 is "Freed Between the Lines."</span><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br>In collaboration with Sigma Tau Delta and the Honors Program, we invite everyone to join us for our two events next week. Our FREE Popcorn Party in Feinberg Library's level-two lobby by our Main Service Desk is next Tuesday, September 24, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.<br><br>Our popular Banned Books Read-Out returns next Wednesday, September 25, from Noon to 2 p.m. in the Feinberg Library level-two staircase. We invite everyone to join us for this celebration of the freedom to read, featuring members of our campus community reading selections from books that have been banned or challenged.<br><br>Stop by to listen or to read a selection of your choosing. If you're looking for inspiration, feel free to select from our Featured Collection on level two. You may also wish to view the American Library Association's <a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">list of books that are most often banned or challenged</a>.<br><br>We look forward to seeing you at the Popcorn Machine, or hearing you at the Read-Out!<br></div></div>
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