A Reading of Banned and Challenged Books, 2018

On Thursday evening, September 27, a few dozen gathered in the student union to mark American Library Association Banned Books Week with a reading.

Readers & Books

Ms. Rachel Hagen, MWSU Education student

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Rev. Brian Kirk, Pastor of First Christian Church, St. Joseph

• Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan

Ms. Rachel Lundy, Special Collections Librarian, MWSU

• Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White

Mr. Steve Booher, News Director, St. Joseph News-Press

• “Cry Cry Cry” by Sherman Alexie

Ms. Jade Lewis, East Buchanan High School and Prairie Lands Writing Project  

• Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Dr. Robert Nulph, Chairperson of Communication and Journalism, MWSU

• Paper Towns by John Green

Dr. Elizabeth Thorne Wallington, Assistant Professor of Education, MWSU

• The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

The event was sponsored by EML, Prairie Lands Writing Project, MWSU Library, and the Education Department.