21st Annual Banned Books Reading

Members of the St. Joseph and Missouri Western communities gathered once more to hear readers share selections from works that have been challenged or banned. Some reports claim that over 1,500 people were in attendance. Accurate reports have the head count at about sixty.

Dr. Kunkel, Dr. Cadden (organizer) and alumnus Jay Scott

Readers & Books

Ms. Kristina Zagame, KQ-2 News  

• The Witches by Roald Dahl

Dr. Marianne Kunkel, Assistant Professor of English, MWSU

• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Ms. Stephanie Spratt, Asst. Director for Technical Services, MWSU Library

• Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Ms. Alison Schieber, St. Joseph Public Library Board of Trustees

• Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Ms. Molleigh Arn, MWSU student

• Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

Mr. Jay Scott, Prairie Lands Writing Project, MWSU

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling

Mr. Joseph Kellogg, Student representative, MWSU Board of Governors

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Ms. Susan Braccianno, Registrar, MWSU

• The Giver by Lois Lowry