velshi banned book club by MSNBC

MSNBC’s Ali Velshi brings you “Velshi Banned Book Club,” an act of resistance against the book banning and censorship epidemic sweeping the nation. In each episode, a different author joins Ali to discuss why their work is being targeted and what is so crucial about the literature itself. “Velshi Banned Book Club” is a series rooted in literary and cultural analysis, in the notion that reading is resistance. Read along with Ali.Velshi Banned Book Club Season Two Reading List: "Small Acts of Courage" by Ali Velshi“The Giver” by Lois Lowry “1984” by George Orwell“How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents” by Julia Alvarez“American Street” by Ibi Zoboi“The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien“Hunger” by Roxane Gay“The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls“Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare“All the Rivers” by Dorit Rabinyan“Bridge to Terabithia” by Katherine Paterson“The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky“Brown Girl Dreaming” by Jacqueline Woodson “Persepolis” by