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Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ book tour stop in Chicago was disrupted multiple times Saturday afternoon, as security removed several protesters during a tense event promoting her new memoir, ...

Ever had that moment when you find something so perfect, so ridiculously underpriced that you look around suspiciously, wondering if you’re on some hidden camera show? That’s the everyday experience ...

There’s a treasure trove hiding in plain sight in Downers Grove that might just change your relationship with shopping forever. Ultimate Treasures isn’t your average thrift store – it’s a sprawling ...

The Erie County Public Library promotes awareness of banned books, including through exhibits created for the Lake Erie Lit Festival help in September. Reasons for book challenges range from profanity ...

A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for youngsters and who sought their ...

The finalists for this year's National Book Awards have been announced. Among the 25 nominees are novelists Rabih Alameddine and Megha Majumdar as well as journalists Julia Ioffe and Omar El Akkad, ...

The fight against book bans is entering a new phase, as the number of bans plummets but concerns grow that librarians and teachers, looking to stay out of the fray, are self-censoring. Data shows a ...

A crisp fall wind in the air means it’s almost time for the National Book Awards, and this year's finalist list is here. Twenty-five finalists, announced Oct. 7, will vie for the prize in fiction, ...

Over 3,700 unique books were banned during the 2024-2025 school year, more than double the number of titles PEN America tracked in the 2021-2022 school year when it began counting. The nonprofit, ...

Banned Books Week, held from October 5-11, highlights censorship and celebrates the freedom to read. Despite an increase in book challenges, a 2022 poll found that 71% of Americans surveyed oppose ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. “A writer,” Saul Bellow once observed, “is a reader moved to emulation.” But what if it’s also the other way around? What if, when we think about writing, we are ...