Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club

By: Nicolle Okoren & Eden Wen
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  • Summary

  • Enter the controversial pages of banned and challenged books, of censorship and culture wars. Join Nicolle Okoren and Eden Wen twice a month as they read, discuss and understand the books and authors that communities across the United States have historically tried—and are still currently trying—to keep out of the hands of children and teenagers.

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Episodes
  • Season 3 Reading List!

    Season 3 Reading List!
    Sep 18 2024

    This season…

    * On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong

    * Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi

    * I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou

    * Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson

    * Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson

    * Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer

    * Gossip Girl (#1), by Cecily von Ziegesar

    * Bone, by Jeff Smith

    * The Agony of Alice (#1), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

    * For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway

    * The House of Spirits, by Isabel Allende

    * Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison

    If there’s a book you want to talk about this season, contact us at burnthisbookpodcast@gmail.com.

    Listen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers.

    Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read along with us!



    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
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    4 mins
  • 33. The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas (2017)

    33. The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas (2017)
    Sep 4 2024

    Please join us

    References

    * Adriana E. Ramirez on why readers love ‘The Hate U Give’ - LA Times

    *https://youtu.be/OOac2vjHuyY

    *http://www.apache-stronghold.com/

    *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1gNYFka1-s&t=1637s

    *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhmpQkEj3I8

    Listen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers.

    Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read along with us!



    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
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    41 mins
  • Rekindling: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume (1970)

    Rekindling: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume (1970)
    Aug 21 2024

    Nicolle and Eden discuss Judy Blume’s Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, which has be challenged over two decades since the American Library Association began tracking in the ‘90s.

    Follow us on Instagram @burnthisbookpodcast to see the next book we’re reading. Read along with us!



    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
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    38 mins
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