{"id":7992,"date":"2021-06-17T09:04:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T14:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=7992"},"modified":"2025-07-22T09:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T13:31:12","slug":"author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2021\/author\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Book Week 2021 &#8211; Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<p><!-- *  START LEFT COLUMN  *--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-3\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<div>\n                                            \n        \n    <div\n        id=\"books-by-year\"\n        x-data=\"accordion('books-by-year', false)\"\n        class=\"rounded-lg overflow-hidden mb-2 transition-all duration-300 ease-out bg-gray-50\"\n        x-bind:class=\"expanded ? 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Scott &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/great-gatsby\/\">The Great Gatsby<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Folman, Ari &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/anne-franks-diary\/\">Anne Frank&#8217;s Diary: The Graphic Adaption<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gaiman, Neil &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/snow-glass-apples\/\">Snow, Glass, Apples<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gephart, Donna &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/lily-and-dunkin\/\">Lily and Dunkin<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gino, Alex &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/george\/\">George<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gino, Alex &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/rick\/\">Rick<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hall, Michael &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/red-a-crayons-story\/\">Red: A Crayon&#8217;s Story<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Harrington, Claudia &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/my-two-dads\/\">My Two Dads<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Harrington, Claudia &#8211; 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<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/gender-queer\/\">Gender Queer: A Memoir<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lambert, Megan Dowd &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/real-sisters-pretend\/\">Real Sisters Pretend<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lee, Harper &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/to-kill-a-mockingbird\/\">To Kill a Mockingbird<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Leyh, Kat &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/snapdragon\/\">Snapdragon<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lithgow, John &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/dumpty\/\">Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lukoff, Kyle &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/when-aidan-became-a-brother-2\/\">When Aidan Became a Brother<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Morrison, Toni &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/the-bluest-eye\/\">The Bluest Eye<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Myers, Walter Dean &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/monster\/\">Monster<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Napier, Susan &#8211; 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