NEW YORK – Salman Rushdie, Cheryl Strayed, Carl Hiassen and Ibram Book publishers and librarians at the height of the McCarthy era.
With book bans Library and publishing associations have surged across the country in the past two years, calling on “all members of the book community” to reaffirm their commitment to the book community Statement of June 1953which includes suggestions such as: “It is in the public interest of publishers and librarians to provide the widest possible variety of views and expressions, including those that are unorthodox, unpopular or considered dangerous by the majority.”
The Sunday press release said, among other things: “Today, as we grapple with a new wave of censorship in schools, libraries and bookstores, affecting a wide range of expressions, including fiction and non-fiction, the Declaration of Freedom remains of reading is an important defense of liberty. write, publish and ask.”
Other supporters of the initiative include Jennifer Egan, Ron Chernow, Jodi Picoult, and organizations such as Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, the Authors Guild, and the American Booksellers Association.
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