Owen dives into the history of banning books, reasons books are challenged, and he even recommends his favorite challenged title. Here is a list of all the books Owen mentions:
- Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Looking for Alaska by John Green
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Special thanks to fo/mo/deep for lending us their song, "Bourbon Neat" for the podcast!
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