{"id":4616,"date":"2018-09-21T22:43:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T22:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/?p=4616"},"modified":"2018-09-21T22:43:41","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T22:43:41","slug":"celebrate-the-freedom-to-read-during-banned-books-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/2018\/09\/21\/celebrate-the-freedom-to-read-during-banned-books-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate the Freedom to Read During Banned Books Week!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4622\" src=\"http:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/09\/Banned-Books-artwork-for-blog-2018-300x300.png\" alt=\"book with a blowhorn\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/09\/Banned-Books-artwork-for-blog-2018-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/09\/Banned-Books-artwork-for-blog-2018-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/09\/Banned-Books-artwork-for-blog-2018-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/09\/Banned-Books-artwork-for-blog-2018.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Hello Matadors! September 23 through\u00a0September\u00a029\u00a0is Banned Books Week. Banned Books Week celebrates our freedom to choose what we read. The Oviatt Library is honoring\u00a0this freedom by offering several activities.<\/p>\n<p>Through a collaboration with the CSUN Journalism Department, the Library\u00a0is hosting a Banned Books Readout on Thursday, September\u00a027 from 12:45-3:30 p.m. in the Lake View Terrace Room in the USU. Melissa Broder, author of\u00a0the essay collection <em>So Sad Today<\/em> and four poetry collections, including <em>Last Sext <\/em>will read from her new novel, <em>The Pisces.<\/em>\u00a0CSUN Professor Elizabeth Blakey, who is a First Amendment scholar will also speak. Finally, there will\u00a0be\u00a0journalism students reading passages from challenged or banned books. Pizza will be served and everyone is welcome. Please <a href=\"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/events\/banned-books-readout-2018\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">RSVP<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a Banned Books display in the Learning Commons, first floor of the Library. All of the books within the display have been challenged or\u00a0banned in some manner. Each book has been wrapped, (for suspense!) and at least one description has been given as to why the book was banned. Come\u00a0find out about the various reasons these books have been censored in different places around the country. All of these\u00a0challenged or banned\u00a0books can be checked out at the Guest Services Desk in our Library lobby. But no peeking before they are checked out and taken home to read!<\/p>\n<p>Happy Banned Books Week to all and enjoy your reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Matadors! September 23 through\u00a0September\u00a029\u00a0is Banned Books Week. Banned Books Week celebrates our freedom to choose what we read. The Oviatt Library is honoring\u00a0this freedom&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/2018\/09\/21\/celebrate-the-freedom-to-read-during-banned-books-week\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Celebrate the Freedom to Read During Banned Books Week!<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":4628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,9],"tags":[29,30,340],"class_list":["post-4616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event","category-learning-commons","category-reading-2","tag-banned-books-readout","tag-banned-books-week","tag-melissa-broder","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4616"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4626,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4616\/revisions\/4626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.csun.edu\/blogs\/cited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}