Banned Books List 2025 - PEN America
Oct 1, 2025 · What books are banned in 2025? Thousands of titles have been removed from public schools across the country. PEN America has documented nearly 23,000 book bans in …
Federal Government's Growing Banned Words List Is Chilling Act …
Oct 1, 2025 · PEN America initially compiled a list of more than 250 words and phrases reportedly no longer considered acceptable by the Trump administration, from “abortion,” to “women,” …
The Normalization of Book Banning - PEN America
Oct 1, 2025 · Accessibility forms the core of PEN America’s definition of a school book ban and emphasizes the multiple ways book bans infringe on the rights of students, professional …
The History of PEN - PEN America
In the aftermath of the Attica prison uprising, American PEN establishes the PEN Prison Writing Program to amplify the work of writers who are creating while incarcerated in the United States.
PEN America - The Freedom to Write
PEN America was created more than 100 years ago for writers and they remain at the heart of what we do. We support them with grants, fellowships, awards, workshops, and quality public …
The 11 Most Banned Books List 2024 - PEN America
Dec 12, 2024 · This is the list of the most banned books in the 2023-2024 school year, according to the PEN America Index of School Book Bans. Bestselling novelist Jodi Picoult’s Nineteen …
What is Trump’s Compact for Higher Education? — FAQ - PEN …
Nov 11, 2025 · What is PEN America’s Position on the Compact? PEN America believes the compact is nothing short of an effort by the Trump administration to extend direct ideological …
The Sentences That Create Us - PEN America
For more than four decades, PEN America’s Prison Writing Program has amplified the writing of thousands of imprisoned writers by providing free resources, skilled mentors, and audiences …
Book Bans - PEN America
Join PEN America and a coalition of education and rights organizations in fighting against censorship and book restrictions across the country. You can send letters to your elected …
596 Books Banned by Department of Defense Schools Include
Jul 17, 2025 · “This list paints an alarming picture of what the United States government doesn’t want American kids to access,” said Kasey Meehan, Freedom to Read program director at …