{"id":287,"date":"2016-08-24T08:28:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T13:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/library\/?p=287"},"modified":"2016-08-24T08:28:47","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T13:28:47","slug":"get-ready-for-our-second-annual-banned-books-read-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/olin\/2016\/08\/24\/get-ready-for-our-second-annual-banned-books-read-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Get ready for our second annual Banned Books Read-Out!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Potter&#8230;The Bluest Eye&#8230;The Holy Bible&#8230;Fun Home&#8230; \u00a0What do these books have in common? \u00a0They&#8217;ve all made the American Library Association&#8217;s list of frequently challenged books. \u00a0Chances are, many of your favorite books have made the list. \u00a0Banning and challenging books has a long and sordid history, and the practice continues today. \u00a0Every year, there are hundreds of attempts to remove books from the shelves of bookstores, libraries, and schools. \u00a0Don&#8217;t close the book on your freedom to read! \u00a0Fight censorship by reading from your favorite banned or challenged book during Rollins College&#8217;s second annual Banned Books Read-Out, Wednesday, September 28th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Olin Library front lawn. \u00a0You&#8217;ll get a voucher for a free coffee or tea from the Bookmark Cafe if you read, or just stop by and support others and enjoy lemonade, cookies, and pizza. \u00a0Visit Olin Library for more information on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/bbooks\/bannedbooksweek\">Banned Books Week 2016<\/a>. \u00a0We&#8217;ll see you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Potter&#8230;The Bluest Eye&#8230;The Holy Bible&#8230;Fun Home&#8230; \u00a0What do these books have in common? \u00a0They&#8217;ve all made the American Library Association&#8217;s list of frequently challenged books. \u00a0Chances are, many of your favorite books have made the list. \u00a0Banning and challenging books has a long and sordid history, and the practice continues today. \u00a0Every year, there &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/olin\/2016\/08\/24\/get-ready-for-our-second-annual-banned-books-read-out\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Get ready for our second annual Banned Books Read-Out!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,14,20],"tags":[27,44,49],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-people","category-special-events","tag-banned-books-week","tag-olin-library","tag-read","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/olin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/olin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/olin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/olin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/olin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/olin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/olin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/olin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/olin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}