Velshi Banned Book Club

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Ali Velshi brings you “Velshi Banned Book Club,” an act of resistance against the book banning and censorship epidemic sweeping the nation. In each episode, a different author joins Ali to discuss why their work is being targeted and what is so...

Episodes

MS NOW Presents: Clock It with Symone and Eugene

Preview of “Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order”

The Power of Poetry

Reading Rites of Passage

Star-Crossed Lovers

Memoir as a Medium

War in Literature

Coming to America

The Power of Dystopian Literature

A Legacy of Advocacy

Introducing: Season 2 of “Velshi Banned Book Club”

The Constitution of the United States: A Complete Reading

The Black Literary Canon

Reclaiming “Chick-Lit”

The Latino Identity in Literature

Reexamining and Reframing U.S. History with Nikole Hannah-Jones

Using Literature to Grapple with School Shootings

Coming of Age as a Black Teen in America

The Prodigious Margaret Atwood

LGBTQ+ Coming of Age Stories