PEN America's latest report details the damage that book bans do to authors. 'Matrix' novelist Lauren Groff is on the front lines with plans to open a Florida bookshop.

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According to a PEN study released in September, there were more than 3,300 instances of book bans in U.S. public school classrooms and libraries between July 1, 2022 and June 31, 2023, a 33% ...