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Velshi Banned Book Club: Author Jennifer Finney Boylan on PEN America's 'Banned in the USA' list - Velshi - MSNBC
Book bans have slowly become normalized in recent years and a new report from PEN America shows the alarming consequences. Under Trump, the book ban movement has escalated with the federal government becoming a potent force for restricting book titles deemed to be controversial. PEN America President and author Jennifer Finney Boylan warns “this is not normal. This is not the way democracy is supposed to function… free people read books."