In conjunction with the American Library Association’s Banned Book Week, LLCC presents its annual Banned Book Celebration today, Sept. 21, from 1-2 p.m. just outside A. Lincoln Commons. LLCC has held this event since 2001, and this will be the first one in-person since 2019. Approximately one dozen readers consisting of staff, faculty and faculty-librarians will present excerpts from books that were banned at one time. “This year seems more fraught because so many states have or are attempting to pass laws that put librarians and instructors in danger of jail time for merely sharing links to books that have been challenged or allowing minors to check out books that have been challenged,” says Dr. Deborah Brothers, professor of English. “Freedom of access and books that feature topics that are sometimes difficult to talk about need to remain available.”