On Book Banning: Or, How the New Censorship Consensus Trivializes Art and Undermines Democracy -- Ira Wells, Paperback

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On Book Banning: Or, How the New Censorship Consensus Trivializes Art and Undermines Democracy -- Ira Wells, PaperbackA Finalist for the 2026 Writers' Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing A Winnipeg Free Press Best Book of 2025 The freedom to read is under attack. From the destruction of libraries in ancient Rome to today's state sponsored efforts to suppress LGBTQ+ literature, book bans arise from the impulse toward social control. In a survey of legal cases, literary controversies, and philosophical arguments, Ira Wells illustrates the historical

Published: 3/3/2020

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