Utah-based writer and teacher Steve Capone, Jr., highlighted the dystopian nature of Utah’s book bans in a letter to The Salt Lake Tribune seeking help regarding the proper procedure for seizing students’ Margaret Atwood books, reporting them to police, and disposing of the contraband books.
Utah’s extreme approach to book banning feels like something out of a dystopian novel. Recently, Utah became one of the only states in the U.S. to pass legislation permitting statewide book bans. Currently, 13 books have been banned in every public and charter school across the state. The list predominantly comprises books by female authors that tackle topics like sexual assault, substance abuse, and sexuality from a female perspective. Six books on the list are from author Sarah J. Mass, while books from Atwood, Judy Blume, and Rupi Kaur also made the list. Meanwhile, the statewide ban was hailed as a “bright day” for Utah by Republican lawmakers who celebrated its passage with an unhinged book-banning party in which they called for authors to repent and constructed huge poster boards displaying every alleged sexual excerpt from every banned book.
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