Book Bannings in America, Mapped

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  09.01.09 | 1:25 PM ET

Banned Books Week has a mashup of all the book bans (and resulting challenges) in the Lower 48 over the last two years. Anyone expecting a certain, er, geographical censorship concentration might be in for a surprise: Brooklyn and the Bay Area, for instance, are represented right alongside the more stereotypical suspects. (Via The Book Bench)

Tags: Geography for Fun and Profit, Literature, Maps, Politics, North America, United States, Literary Travel

Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. Her writing has also appeared in the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Ottawa, Canada.


2 Comments for Book Bannings in America, Mapped

Chris 09.01.09 | 4:25 PM ET

0 in Arkansas or Utah, but many on the Eastern Seaboard? Another bad day for the stereotypers.

Dan Kleinman 09.02.09 | 12:04 AM ET

That map is loaded with false and misleading information.  No books have been banned in the USA for about a half a century.  See “National Hogwash Week.”  It’s sad to see American Library Association propaganda so willingly rebroadcast.

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