It’s Banned Books Week, and this seems like the perfect occasion to revive my much neglected blog.

As an author, I have celebrated Banned Books Week before. And by celebrated, I mean I have posted about the slippery slope of censorship and book banning. This year, Banned Books Week feels a bit different, and unless you live under a rock, you probably can tell why. All over the United States school boards, concerned parents, and conservative organizations like Moms for Liberty have been locked in battles over what is and isn’t appropriate for kids to read. In Missouri they even staged a book burning.