@ashleyhopeperez
Author of OUT OF DARKNESS & other ban-worthy novels. Professor. Youth advocate.
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294 pages | Holiday House | Hardcover | 3.4.25 A dazzling YA anthology that spotlights the transformative power of books while equipping teens to fight for the freedom to read, featuring the voices of 15 diverse, award-winning authors and illustrators. Books are disappearing from shelves across the country. What does t
FIND YOUR NEXT GREAT BANNED BOOK TO READ
FINDING YOUR NEXT BANNED BOOK TO READ COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCES A great resource is the Unite Against Book Bans book résumé collection here: https://bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/ PRH has a great collection, too (but focused on their titles—which is about 1/2 of all books published in the U...
BookPage review of BANNED TOGETHER (our 4th starred review!)
Banned Together is a must-have anthology for libraries, as well as an invaluable personal resource for high school readers.
Turning the Page on Book Bans, guest post for Teen Librarian Toolbox
Even as we need to keep telling the painful truth of book bans, we also need to take extra care to celebrate and elevate the unique gifts that each book offers.
Letter protesting journalist Mario Guevara's deportation
Renowned writers and journalists sign on to a letter decrying the detention of journalist Mario Guevara who has been in ICE custody 100 days.
Q & A on BANNED TOGETHER
Author and activist Ashley Hope Pérez spoke with PW about her new anthology, 'Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers,' and how young readers can push back against censorship.
Publisher's Weekly highlights Unite to Read's role in defending challenged books
UAAB, an anti-censorship initiative of the ALA, opened its Book Résumé Database in February 2024, providing easy-access credentials for banned and challenged titles; we took a look at how the initiative is continuing to grow.
Join the UNITE TO READ PROJECT for events, funding opportunities to promote book access, and COMMUNITY in the fight for readers' rights
Everylibrary.org interview: Defending the Right to Read
Join EveryLibrary Live for an engaging discussion with award-winning author and educator Ashley Hope Pérez about the value of literature and the escalating i...
Bookstr Banned Author Interview
Five authors share why their books were banned and how censorship fuels their fight for diverse voices in literature. Read their powerful insights!
YouTube: All my thoughts on book banning with a wonderful student interviewer
Dive into our interview with the acclaimed author, Ashley Hope Pérez. Ashley, is honored with the Printz Honor, the Tomás Rivera Book Award, and the Américas...
The book ban battleground | OSU Inspire podcast
Young people need stories that reflect their lives, experts say. Using censorship to deny that representation can have dangerous consequences. Link to transcript. Read a National Council of Teachers of English article about continuing efforts to preserve intellectual freedom. Get news and guest insights by subscribing to the Inspire Podcast Newsletter.
Featured on Alyssa Milano's Sorry, Not Sorry podcast: Fighting Book Bans with PEN America and Author Ashley Hope Pérez
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Podcast Episode · Alyssa Milano: Sorry Not Sorry · July 3, 2023 · 51m
#VelshiBannedBookClub: Resisting Book Bans with Lawsuits
Escambia County in Florida has removed or challenged at least 160 books in every single one of its 69 schools. There are traditional classics,
NPR: PEN America, Penguin, and Authors Sue Over Banned Books
The largest book publisher in the country has joined free speech group PEN America, parents and authors to push back against book banning, filing a federal lawsuit in Florida's Escambia County.
NPR Morning Edition Interview on Banned Books with Author Ashley Hope Pérez
Ashley Hope Pérez published Out of Darkness in 2015 to critical acclaim. The novel re-contextualized contemporary issues of race providing a historical framework in a not-so-post-racial America.
NPR companion essay: 'Young people have a right' to stories that help them learn
For years, Out of Darkness appeared on reading lists as a recommendation for ambitious young readers ready to face disquieting aspects of the American experience. It began facing bans in 2021.
Cuando los libros desaparecen
Las objeciones a libros en los últimos dos años han alcanzado un pico sin precedentes. Organizaciones creen que se debe al crecimiento de una fuerza conservadora impulsada por la mano de políticos, que a través de leyes buscan prohibir el debate de la historia del racismo en EEUU y los derechos de la comunidad LGBTQ y otras minorías. Alertan que esto pone en jaque la educación de los estadounidenses y ataca su derecho de acceso a la información
PEN Banned in the USA Q&A: Ashley Hope Pérez on how book bans are failing our children
For Banned Book Week, PEN America interviews Ashley Hope Pérez, author of Out of Darkness, which has been banned 23 times in the 2021-2022 school year.
Rogue Librarians Podcast: Interview with Ashley Hope Pérez on OUT OF DARKNESS
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Podcast Episode · Rogue Librarians · February 28, 2023 · 1h 48m
YouTube (funny): Kara Bell (of "Anal Sex" School Board Rant Infamy) Gets Schooled
ELLE Magazine: Targeted Authors and Experts Speak Out
Project Narrative podcast
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MSNBC "Velshi" interview
Book ban resources
GoFundMe for indie bookseller Bookspace Columbus
Dallas Morning News Opinion: I wrote OUT OF DARKNESS for my students.
RadioWest: Who Gets To Say What Kids Read?
NBC News: Book banning in Texas schools
Salt Lake Tribune Op-Ed: Book banning is the ‘new illiteracy’
"Teach me, Teacher" Podcast: Addressing Book Bans
Interview for KUTV2 on Washington Co Schools (Utah) book ban
"Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2021" List from ALA
Publishers Weekly: The History of Book Banning
Dallas Morning News: Questioning How Keller ISD Decided Which Books to Ban
Talking Points Memo: Right-Wing Mobs and School Book Bans
Slate.com podcast: When Your Book Gets Banned by the School Board
Ashley writes about book bans for TEXAS MONTHLY
BANISHED podcast: Why is a 2015 book about segregation suddenly being banned?
Get SIGNED print copies of OUT OF DARKNESS from Bookspace Columbus
Ashley discusses book challenges on "The Source" TPR podcast
New York Times: A Frenzy of Book Banning
Texas Tribune: What's behind attacks on diverse lit in schools
LA Times: broad attack on books
Dallas News: Authors' perspectives on Texas book challenges, bans
Columbus Dispatch: Texas bans of OUT OF DARKNESS
Henrico Citizen: OUT OF DARKNESS banned in VA
Washington Post: Conservatives Target Books in School, Propose Burning
BookRiot on OUT OF DARKNESS Challenged in Texas
EveryLibrary "Censored Authors Speak" live conversation
Lerner Blog Post: The Right to Read OUT OF DARKNESS
PEN America on book-banning in Leander, Texas
PEN America Banned Book Reading List
Twitter Thread: Taking Stock of Book Banning--harms to students, how to respond, resources (12.4.21)
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Twitter Thread: YA books are not “porn” or “grooming”
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Twitter Thread: Responding to Misguided Attacks on Access to Literature
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Twitter Thread: 4 Big Ideas about Responding to Book Bans (11.13.21)
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Twitter Thread: Editor's Perspective on Challenge to OUT OF DARKNESS
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