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SUMMARY:Come Share Banned Books at Mac's Backs
DESCRIPTION:\nSat 3/15 @ 5-6:30PM\nMac's Backs will be hosting a Banned Boo
 k Swap and book discussion on Saturday March 15\, co-chaired by Mac’s Ba
 cks owner Suzanne DeGaetano and Donna M. Shimko\, local activist and aspir
 ing author.\nBanning and censorship of reading materials is at an all-time
  peak right now. As the American Booksellers Association shares\, “The c
 urrent period of censorship is more polarizing and more legislative\, with
  state laws backing book bans that reflect a larger national culture war. 
 According to PEN America\, the 2022–2023 school year saw an increase of 
 33% from the 2021–2022 school year. PEN found 3\,362 instances of books 
 being banned\, impacting 1\,557 unique titles. This only accounts for book
  bans that have been reported directly to PEN or covered elsewhere. The re
 al number is almost certainly higher.”\nReaders are invited to come to M
 ac’s Backs to share their reviews and thoughts on a “controversial” 
 book they have read. Attendees are encouraged to bring a banned book for t
 he free book swap. Mac's will also have a selection of these books for sal
 e\, as well as the American Bookseller's Association’s Right to Read Han
 dbook and the American Library Association’s Read These Banned Books: A 
 Journal and 52-Week Reading Challenge.\nThe event will provide a resource 
 and actions list and discuss actions to fight book bans. It’s free and o
 pen to all. Local punk legend/artist Floyd Longworth's banned book magnets
  will be available for purchase at the event.\nbanned-book-swap\nAlso note
 : three book clubs meet regularly at Mac’s Backs\, at the store or Coven
 try Peace Park in the summer. The LGBTQ+ book club meeting on the last Mon
 day of each month at 7pm. The Science Fiction Book Club meets on the third
  Thursday at 7pm. The Mac’s Backs Book Club\, which reads literary ficti
 on and occasional nonfiction meets the third Thursday of each Wednesday of
  each month at 7pm. For more info and to join one of them\, email Suzanne@
 macsback.com.\n[mappress mapid="584"]
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