LIVINGSTON PARISH - Livingston Parish librarian Amanda Jones wrote a book that is part memoir, part manifesto that will be released in August called That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America.
National "Public" Radio is staunchly taking sides in the debate over "book bans" of explicit sexual material in public libraries. On Saturday night's horribly named show All Things Considered, Boston-based NPR reporter Tovia Smith filed a 12-and-a-half minute story warning "The battle over books comes at a cost." Librarians have been smeared as evil people and their lives have been put in danger by nasty right-wingers.
National "Public" Radio is staunchly taking sides in the debate over "book bans" of explicit sexual material in public libraries. On Saturday night's horribly named show All Things Considered, Boston-based NPR reporter Tovia Smith filed a 12-and-a-half minute story warning "The battle over books comes at a cost." Librarians have been smeared as evil people and their lives have been put in danger by nasty right-wingers.