Books

Award-winning authors and two Utah high school students say the law that has banned 22 books in all Utah public schools violates their First Amendment rights.

Twenty-two books are now banned in Utah K-12 schools. In addition to “Wicked,” the popular young adult novel “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and “Nineteen Minutes” were also added to the ban list.

El mismo día en que NPR transmitió una entrevista nacional con el gobernador Spencer Cox, él reiteró sus preocupaciones sobre la polarización política y rechazó las especulaciones sobre su futuro político.

On the same day that NPR aired a national interview with Gov. Spencer Cox, he reiterated his worries about political polarization and batted aside speculation about his political future.

In January, the Utah State Board of Education said students could not bring banned books to campus — even their own copies. But after more legal review, the board is reversing course.

After the Department of Government Efficiency abruptly canceled nearly $1 million in funding for Utah Humanities, smaller organizations are feeling the ripple effects.

Young Adult author Ellen Hopkins is the second-most-banned author statewide in Utah schools. It’s a distinction she’d prefer not to have.

For two decades, Heidi Posnien owned a burger bar in Huntsville, Utah. But she wasn’t born there. The story of her childhood years is told in a new book “A Child in Berlin.”

Updated guidance from Utah State Board of Education staff clarifies that students can’t bring to school their personal copies of books deemed “sensitive material.”

Utah isn’t just a hot spot for fantasy readers, the state has also produced several best-selling authors like Orson Scott Card and Shannon Hale.

According to a KUER analysis of public records, 25 books are teetering on the edge of being banned statewide.

Today’s divisive political rhetoric around refugees and immigrants isn’t a new moment. novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen said it’s important to remember history: “Immigration is part of our American mythology, but so is hate and xenophobia.”