Velshi Banned Book Club, Jonathan Evison

S2 E21 • 13m • HDNR

"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" grapples with adolescent anguish and the pain of a close death.

S2 E20 • 10m • HDNR

Literature removed from public school libraries last year features LGBTQ+ characters or themes.

S2 E19 • 14m • HDNR

Liat and Hilmi's love story starts in New York City, but they are from completely different worlds.

S2 E18 • 13m • HDNR

There is an unofficial slogan on the Velshi Banned Book Club: reading as resistance.

S2 E17 • 14m • HDNR

David Polonsky and Ari Folman reimagined the "The Diary of Anne Frank."

S2 E16 • 13m • HDNR

"Romeo and Juliet" is a tenet of the English-speaking world and one that deserves to be read.

S2 E15 • 15m • HDNR

At its core, the current debate over the U.S. Constitution is over words; there are two camps.

S2 E14 • 13m • HDNR

Award-winning "Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi centers around Marjane and her family.

S2 E13 • 24m • HDNR

"The Hate U Give" centers around Starr Jackson, who witnesses the murder of her childhood friend.

S2 E12 • 11m • HDNR

Mostly a coming-of-age story, "Lawn Boy" grapples with serious topics.

S2 E11 • 10m • HDNR

"This Book is Gay" serves as a non-fiction guide for LGBTQ+ youth, their parents, and their allies.

S2 E10 • 13m • HDNR

George M. Johnson and Ashley Hope Perez fight book bans in court.

S2 E9 • 12m • HDNR

Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel "Maus."

S2 E8 • 10m • HDNR

"They Called Us Enemy" is a poignant memoir of Takei's time in a U.S. internment camp.

S2 E7 • 12m • HDNR

"How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents" explores themes of identity, assimilation and memory.

S2 E6 • 10m • HDNR

Grace Linn goes viral defending literature and democracy at a Florida school board meeting.

S2 E5 • 23m • HDNR

Reading and discussing books that people don't want in schools and libraries.

S2 E4 • 23m • HDNR

Reading and discussing books that people don't want in schools and libraries.

S2 E3 • 19m • HDNR

Reading and discussing books that people don't want in schools and libraries.

S2 E2 • 22m • HDNR

Reading and discussing books that people don't want in schools and libraries.

S2 E1 • 20m • HDNR

Reading and discussing books that people don't want in schools and libraries.