{"id":1463,"date":"2009-09-25T09:16:50","date_gmt":"2009-09-25T15:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mulibraries.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/?p=1463"},"modified":"2009-09-25T09:16:50","modified_gmt":"2009-09-25T15:16:50","slug":"banned-book-reading-to-highlight-history-of-censorship-and-freedom-of-expression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/2009\/09\/25\/banned-book-reading-to-highlight-history-of-censorship-and-freedom-of-expression\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Book Reading to highlight history of censorship and freedom of expression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIZZOU \u2014 Progressive Librarians Guild (PLG) needs volunteer readers for our Banned Book Reading at Speaker\u2019s Circle on Wednesday, Sept. 30.  The reading is part of a series of activities held to highlight Banned Books Week 2009, Sept. 26-Oct. 3.<\/p>\n<p>The event will feature an informational display table with lists of banned books and the history of censorship, as well as a rotating cast of readers reciting passages aloud from books that have faced banning or censorship at some point.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to read at the event or help staff the table, contact us at PLG.Mizzou@gmail.com or call 417-619-3724 to sign up for a time slot. The schedule will be informal, but please do let us know if you intend to read. Bring a copy of your own favorite banned book to read from, or choose from the selection available at our table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIZZOU \u2014 Progressive Librarians Guild (PLG) needs volunteer readers for our Banned Book Reading at Speaker\u2019s Circle on Wednesday, Sept. 30. The reading is part of a series of activities held to highlight Banned Books Week 2009, Sept. 26-Oct. 3.<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/2009\/09\/25\/banned-book-reading-to-highlight-history-of-censorship-and-freedom-of-expression\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Banned Book Reading to highlight history of censorship and freedom of expression<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-announcement"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 15:16:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}