{"id":1646,"date":"2022-02-02T21:23:59","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T02:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2022-02-02T21:24:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T02:24:01","slug":"lets-get-everyone-to-read-maus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/2022\/02\/02\/lets-get-everyone-to-read-maus\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Get Everyone to Read Maus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image_editor_output_image-100418809-16438484412625297731378200873146.jpg?resize=218%2C303&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1636\" width=\"218\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image_editor_output_image-100418809-16438484412625297731378200873146.jpg?w=267&amp;ssl=1 267w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image_editor_output_image-100418809-16438484412625297731378200873146.jpg?resize=215%2C300&amp;ssl=1 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has become increasingly evident that the Banned Books Awareness column must rise and once again light the darkness of censorship.<br>As most readers are aware by now, the award-winning graphic novel, Maus, has been at the center of a massive censorship effort in McMinn County, Tennessee.<br>I was contacted today by George Edmonson in regards to his GoFundMe campaign to buy and donate copies of Maus to public libraries and the two high schools in the county. The link to the campaign can be found at the following link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/lets-get-everyone-in-tennessee-to-read-maus\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, with that, the Banned Books Awareness and Reading for Knowledge column is BACK!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>It has become increasingly evident that the Banned Books Awareness column must rise and once again light the darkness of censorship.As most readers are aware by now, the award-winning graphic novel, Maus, has been at the center of a massive censorship effort in McMinn County, Tennessee.I was contacted today by <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/2022\/02\/02\/lets-get-everyone-to-read-maus\/\" title=\"Let&#8217;s Get Everyone to Read Maus\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[377,378,379,460,381,463,462,380],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-banned-books","category-banned-books-awareness-and-reading-for-knowledge","category-censorship","category-education","category-literacy","category-politics","category-schools","category-society"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image_editor_output_image-100418809-16438484412625297731378200873146.jpg?fit=267%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1647,"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646\/revisions\/1647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbark.deepforestproductions.com\/column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}