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Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club

Nicolle Okoren & Eden Wen

Enter the controversial pages of banned and challenged books, of censorship and culture wars. Join Nicolle Okoren and Eden Wen twice a month as they read, discuss and understand the books and authors that communities across the United States have historically tried—and are still currently trying—to keep out of the hands of children and teenagers. burnthisbook.substack.com

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6:41

Season 4 Summer Reading List and some news!

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club ·

2025/05/14

Books* Nineteen Minutes, by Jodi Picoult* The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini * Cinderella is Dead, by Kalynn Bayron * A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J. Maas * Forever…, by Judy Blume * Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut * Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, by Alison Bechdel * Go Ask Alice, by Beatrice Sparks * The Diary of Anne Frank * A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess * The Awakening, by Kate Chopin * Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, Sarah S. Brannen * Year of Wonders, by Geraldine Brooks *

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44:29

Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison (1977)

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club ·

2025/04/30

References* Listen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers. Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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32:30

The House of the Spirits, by Isabel Allende (1982)

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club ·

2025/04/16

Listen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers. Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com

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28:19

For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway (1940)

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club ·

2025/04/02

Listen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers. Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com

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56:56

Bone, by Jeff Smith (1991) feat. Greg Soper

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club ·

2025/03/19

Listen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers. Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com

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45:55

Rekindling: Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury (1953)...

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club ·

2025/03/05

References * Beyoncé’s “Formation” music video* Dr. Sarah Coyne, “Media Rules and Problematic Media Use”Listen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers. Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss

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24:51

The Agony of Alice, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (1985)

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club ·

2025/02/19

Listen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers. Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com

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27:53

40. Gossip Girl, by Cecily von Ziegesar (2002)

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club ·

2025/02/05

Listen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers. Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com

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60:51

39. Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer (2005) feat. Renae &...

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club ·

2025/01/22

If you need help, call 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or text START to 88788.Listen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers. Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get

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48:45

Interview with Kasey Meehan, PEN America

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club ·

2025/01/08

References* PEN America Freedom to Read Statement* PEN America book bans research and resources* PEN: Nearly 200 Percent Surge in School Book Bans During 2023-2024 School YearListen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers. Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read

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76:19

Rekindling: The Giver, by Lois Lowry (1993) feat....

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club ·

2024/12/25

Republishing one of our favorite episodes for Christmas! We hope you are having a happy holidays and are building memories with your families. References:* “Reading Lois Lowry’s ‘The Giver’ as an Adult” in The Atlantic* 13th documentary* Animusic on YouTube* Prince Duck on SpotifyListen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make

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32:55

38. Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson (1999)

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club ·

2024/12/11

Listen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers. Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com

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36:45

37. Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson (1977)

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club ·

2024/11/27

Listen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers. Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com

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35:49

36. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou...

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club ·

2024/11/13

Listen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers. Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com

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65:33

Interview with EveryLibrary & PEN America's Freedom...

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club ·

2024/10/30

Show up and speak up! Join us with EveryLibrary’s Peter Bromberg and PEN America’s Tasslyn Magnusson who are seeing how book bans are affecting authors, libraries, and kids. References* Fight for the First* Authors Against Book Bans* Let Utah ReadRecommended booksActivism* They Came for Our Schools, By Mike Hixenbaugh* That Librarian, by Amanda Jones* The Three Languages of Politics, by Arnold KlingBanned books* Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson* Gender Queer, by Maia Kobabe* Blood Water Paint, by Joy

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39:23

35. Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi (2003)

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club ·

2024/10/16

ReferencesListen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers. Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com

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60:05

34. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong...

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club ·

2024/10/02

Referenceshttps://dvan.org/2019/08/book-review-on-earth-were-briefly-gorgeous/https://geoffwhaley.com/2020/08/14/on-earth-were-briefly-gorgeous-ocean-vuong/https://fictionwritersreview.com/review/on-earth-were-briefly-gorgeous-by-ocean-vuong/Listen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all

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3:30

Season 3 Reading List!

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club ·

2024/09/18

This season…* On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong* Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi* I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou* Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson* Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson* Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer* Gossip Girl (#1), by Cecily von Ziegesar* Bone, by Jeff Smith* The Agony of Alice (#1), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor* For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway* The House of Spirits, by Isabel Allende* Song of Solomon, by Toni MorrisonIf there’s a

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41:16

33. The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas (2017)

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club ·

2024/09/04

Please join usReferences* Adriana E. Ramirez on why readers love ‘The Hate U Give’ - LA Times*https://youtu.be/OOac2vjHuyY*http://www.apache-stronghold.com/ *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1gNYFka1-s&t=1637s*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhmpQkEj3I8Listen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible

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38:00

Rekindling: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, by...

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club ·

2024/08/21

Nicolle and Eden discuss Judy Blume’s Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, which has be challenged over two decades since the American Library Association began tracking in the ‘90s. Follow us on Instagram @burnthisbookpodcast to see the next book we’re reading. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com

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