The ‘banned books’ staircase at the Newport Public Library.
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Brilliant 😍. Love these kinda stairs good 💯
That’s an amazing reading list! 💜
You gorgeous alt … giving me more ideas 💡 😂😂😂
are these all non-fiction? curious, why are they banned?
Plenty are fiction. They hurt Republican feelings:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_banning_in_the_United_States_(2021%E2%80%93present)
It says a lot about those in power when books like 1984 and Animal Farm are banned.
Wait, where were these books banned from? This is unlike any list I've seen yet.
It’s just a staircase art project that shows books which have been banned somewhere at some point — not an official list. There’s no single “banned books list” in the U.S.; these titles were removed locally from schools or libraries, not nationwide. The stairs are more symbolic than literal. But of course, each of these books has been banned somewhere in the U.S. at some poin
Ah, so less of a "ban" and more like people at some institution didn't want those books in their institution. Got it.
I liked the one about burd and also animal farm 🚜