Center for Children's and Young Adult Literature

04/23/2024

Thanks and credit to Dr. Jennifer Buehler at Saint Louis University and Dr. Gay Ivey at UNC-Greensboro for the talking points in this advocacy resource for responding to the arguments of would-be book banners!

Hello all! Here in the Center for Children's and Young Adult Literature, we have been busy showing up at local school board meetings to...

11/29/2023

We are excited to partner with thebottomknox, East TN Freedom Schools, and the Change Center to host a holiday book fair starting Friday, Dec. 8th at 2:30pm at the Change Center. We'll be there until 9pm! The fair runs through Monday, Dec. 11th. Get all of your holiday shopping done for the book lovers in your life!

10/06/2023

Our last day of the Banned Books Read-In was a success! Dr. Julia Watts reads from the #1 most banned book in the country, "Gender Q***r."

10/06/2023

Our last day of the Banned Books Read-In was a success! Dr. Stergios Botzakis, Professor of Literacy Studies, reads from Mike Curato's graphic novel, "Flamer."

10/03/2023

Our 2nd day of the Banned Books Read-In on the UTK campus.
UT student Shelby Hansen reads from Stephen Chbosky's "The Perks of Being a Wallflower."

We are reading banned books each day from 12noon-1pm in the Claxton courtyard. Sign up here to read or just walk up! We have banned books available! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EsdKq4891dkezyks7T-mpSRQIoYkPp-Cr9pl8mwNJGU/edit

10/03/2023

Our 2nd day of the Banned Books Read-In on the UTK campus.
UT student Jacob Stallard reads from John Green's "Looking for Alaska."

We are reading banned books each day from 12noon-1pm in the Claxton courtyard. Sign up here to read or just walk up! We have banned books available! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EsdKq4891dkezyks7T-mpSRQIoYkPp-Cr9pl8mwNJGU/edit

10/03/2023

Our 2nd day of the Banned Books Read-In on the UTK campus.
UT student Sarah-Nicole Jackson reads from Laurie Halse Anderson's "Speak."

We are reading banned books each day from 12noon-1pm in the Claxton courtyard. Sign up here to read or just walk up! We have banned books available! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EsdKq4891dkezyks7T-mpSRQIoYkPp-Cr9pl8mwNJGU/edit

10/03/2023

Our 2nd day of the Banned Books Read-In on the UTK campus.
UT student Maya Yatziv reads from George Orwell's "Animal Farm."

We are reading banned books each day from 12noon-1pm in the Claxton courtyard. Sign up here to read or just walk up! We have banned books available! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EsdKq4891dkezyks7T-mpSRQIoYkPp-Cr9pl8mwNJGU/edit

10/03/2023

Our 2nd day of the Banned Books Read-In on the UTK campus.
Dr. Ben Lee, Associate Professor of English, reads anti-war poems from Allen Ginsberg's "Howl."

We are reading banned books each day from 12noon-1pm in the Claxton courtyard. Sign up here to read or just walk up! We have banned books available! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EsdKq4891dkezyks7T-mpSRQIoYkPp-Cr9pl8mwNJGU/edit

10/03/2023

Our 2nd day of the Banned Books Read-In on the UTK campus.
Dr. Gerard Cohen Vrignaud, Associate Professor of English, reads from Allen Ginsberg's "Howl."

We are reading banned books each day from 12noon-1pm in the Claxton courtyard. Sign up here to read or just walk up! We have banned books available! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EsdKq4891dkezyks7T-mpSRQIoYkPp-Cr9pl8mwNJGU/edit

10/02/2023

We kicked off Banned Books Week today with our Banned Book Read-In from 12 noon-1pm in the Claxton courtyard. UT faculty member Matt Bryant Cheney reads from Kurt Vonnegut's, "Slaughterhouse-Five."

Join us each day this week between 12pm noon-1pm in the Claxton courtyard to read a favorite banned book. Sign up here to read or just walk up! We have banned books you can read from:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EsdKq4891dkezyks7T-mpSRQIoYkPp-Cr9pl8mwNJGU/edit?usp=sharing

10/02/2023

We kicked off Banned Books Week today with our Banned Book Read-In from 12 noon-1pm in the Claxton courtyard. UT faculty member Dr. Anne Langendorfer reads from Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye."

Join us each day this week between 12pm noon-1pm in the Claxton courtyard to read a favorite banned book. Sign up here to read or just walk up! We have banned books you can read from:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EsdKq4891dkezyks7T-mpSRQIoYkPp-Cr9pl8mwNJGU/edit?usp=sharing