Sarah Jessica Parker, Taye Diggs, Jodi Picoult and more took the stage at PEN America's gala to criticize book bans and the Trump administration.

Numbers seven and eight on this list were a tie. Data from PEN America, a nonprofit organization that tracks book bans, shows Florida as the state with by far the most book bans between July 2021 ...

In this episode, we talk with journalist Colleen Connolly about Thomas Morton’s New English Canaan, the first book ever to be suppressed in North America. What did the Puritans find so ...

"What students can read in schools provides the foundation for their lives," says PEN America Eric Charbonneau/Getty; Lou Rocco/ABC via Getty; VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Book bans are sharply on ...

“Writers do a great deal more than writing books,” said ... awards of the evening. I asked her thoughts on the difference between literary culture in America and in other countries.

Books with LGBTQ+ or racial themes or characters from marginalized groups also continue to be targeted. PEN America’s report does not reflect the banning of unique titles, so if a dozen school ...