Topic: Books

Ban the Ban, Not the Book
Attention, Governor Shapiro and Pennsylvania state legislators: Illinois has banned book bans. NJ is thinking about it and PA should too.
By Elaine Maimon
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with George Takei
The MSNBC host speaks with the actor, activist and author about They Called Us Enemy, a graphic memoir about Japanese American internment
By Ali Velshi
From There, Still Here
Frankford-born-and-raised Joseph Earl Thomas has been getting raves for his new memoir, Sink, as a story of his journey out that, really, is about how he’s stayed in
By David Williams
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Julissa Arce
The MSNBC host speaks with the author about You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation
By Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Julia Alvarez
The MSNBC host speaks with the author and poet about a YA novel about immigrant identity that's been banned since the 1990s
By Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi on Protecting Our Children From Real Threats
It's guns, the MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member asserts, not the knowledge that gay and trans people exist
By Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Meg Cabot
The MSNBC host speaks with the YA author about the inevitability of teen sex
By Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Grace Lin
The MSNBC host speaks with the bestselling children's author and illustrator about the very unlikely banning of her storybook, A Big Mooncake for Little Star
By Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi and Andrey Kurkov on Grey Bees
The MSBNC host interviews Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov on his novel Grey Bees, written in Russian
By Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club Anniversary with Nikole Hannah-Jones
The MSNBC host talks with the author of The 1619 Project and inspiration for the Club
By Ali Velshi