As part of national Banned Books Week, advocates in Anchorage and Mat-Su are gathering to celebrate intellectual curiosity and rally against censorship.
Tonia Dousay, professor and Dean of UAA's School of Education, in the new Literacy Lounge on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. Dousay, the dean of the School of Education at the University of Alaska Anchorage, was kicking off a Banned Books Week event Monday at the school’s Literacy Lounge by reading from “Rosa.” The children’s“It’s frustrating to see history banned and it’s frustrating to see what is an accurate retelling banned,” Dousay said.
Booz, who is UAA’s chief diversity officer, said the books that are often targeted nationwide explore topics like equity, diversity and identity. UAA Chief Diversity Officer Jennifer Booz read an excerpt from a banned book while in the new Literacy Lounge at University of Alaska Anchorage on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. The program started with recordings of readings of banned books that were broadcast on Out North and panel discussions on censorship.
“They’re often stories that either complicate or challenge or offer an alternative to dominant narratives about everything from human sexuality to race to the realities of colonization,” she said. “Restricting that plurality of narratives does help maintain the status quo and it kind of goes to show how powerful books are.”
The Bookmobile will be at Black Birch Books in Wasilla on Wednesday from 3-7 p.m. It will also be at The Writer’s Block in Anchorage from noon-4 p.m. Saturday. It will be not only loaning books, including from its banned and challenged collection, but also recording readings to be played on Out North all month.
Alaska Bookmobile founder Jimmy Riordan displays banned books inside the Alaska Bookmobile on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023 in Spenard. The bookmobile will travel to Black Birch Books in Wasilla on Wednesday for Banned Books Week, and will be at the Writer's Block Bookstore and Cafe on Saturday.
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