A banned books display is seen at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, Calif., last year. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Oct. 3 (UPI) --Efforts to ban books in public schools and public libraries reached an ...

Matthew Battles, coordinating editor of the Harvard Library Bulletin, offers a brief history of book burning. “The kind of violence seen most recently in the immolation of Baghdad’s libraries stalks ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. James B. Blasingame is professor of English at Arizona ...

“Take a deep breath, everyone. No one is banning (or burning) books,” the 55-page opinion stated. “All Llano County [Texas] has done here is what libraries have been doing for two centuries: decide ...