That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

Amanda Jones is a Louisiana librarian who became a target for book banning campaigns after advocating for diverse perspectives at a public library board meeting. She has faced death threats, harassment, and attacks from both strangers and acquaintances, and has been called a groomer, a pedo, and a porn-pusher by those opposing her stance on intellectual freedom. This part memoir, part manifesto documents Jones's fight against book bans, which she attributes to dark money organizations and hard right politicians seeking to restrict access to diverse stories. In response, Jones sued her harassers for defamation and called on others to join her resistance. The book maps the book banning crisis occurring across the nation and examines the broader culture war over access to reading materials and free speech. It calls on readers to defend intellectual freedom and support access to diverse perspectives in libraries.