In July of 2022, Amanda Jones gave a short speech opposing book censorship at a public library board meeting in her little hometown of Watson, in southern Louisiana. And then her life changed ...

So read an anonymous email sent to Amanda Jones, an American middle school librarian in August 2022, a month after a local public library board convened to discuss “book content”. Jones ...

Also, in observation of Banned Books Week, coming up September 22nd, Susan revisits her interview with Amanda Jones. Here’s what’s on tap in the literary life this week: The Friends of the New ...

In some cases, they upended the lives of librarians like Amanda Jones. Jones — a middle school librarian from Livingston Parish in Louisiana — spoke at a public meeting in 2022. Four days ...

AUWA; Duke Winn In 2013, while attending Harvard University, Amanda Nguyen’s life was forever altered when she was raped. The then-student had dreams of working at NASA after she graduated ...

Amanda Jones deserves a better subtitle for her new book, “That Librarian.” The anodyne “The Fight Against Book Banning in America” fails to capture the flavor or thrust of this intensely ...

Long before Strictly Come Dancing star Amanda Abbington stepped onto the ballroom floor ... who is known for starring in BBC's Normal People, alongside Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal. If you've ...

Poet and activist Amanda Gorman returned to the national political stage on Aug. 21, performing her spoken-word poem "This Sacred Scene" at the Democratic National Convention. Gorman told Vanity ...

Host Deepa Fernandes speaks with Louisiana school librarian Amanda Jones. In her new memoir, “That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America,” Jones tells the story of the vitriol ...

Working in a Louisiana middle school has made Amanda Jones a culture warrior, a process she describes in “That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America.” Credit...Rebecca Clarke ...