This special "Banned Books Week" edition of Counterspeak features interviews with Mitchell Kaplan, president of Florida's Books & Books, and Denise Chavez, owner of Casa Camino Real Book Store & Art Gallery in Las Cruces, New Mexico. In this episode, the booksellers share their thoughts on why Banned Books Week (September 22-28) is important and talk about their experiences with attempts at censorship at their bookstores.  

Counterspeak

Banned Books Week Special Episode

Counterspeak is a free speech podcast hosted by Sydney Jarrard, ABA's Content Director; Dave Grogan, ABA's Director of ABFE, Advocacy and Public Policy; and Maria Peroni, ABA's Advocacy and Public Policy Coordinator. The views expressed in this podcast are not necessarily that of the American Booksellers Association or the American Booksellers for Free Expression.

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