Episode 173: Why Ban This? A Week for Banned Books

UConn 360: The UConn Podcast by UConn 360

Oct 7, 202615:52Education

The first week of October is Banned Books Week in the United States and our guest on this episode of the podcast is Kate Capshaw, a professor of English and social and critical inquiry at UConn. The American Library Asso...

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