Compare and contrast American books bans in history with those of the present day in this podcast from Chris Klimek at the Smithsonian:
“On our latest episode of the Smithsonian magazine podcast “There’s More to That,” I talk with journalist Colleen Connolly about Thomas Morton’s New English Canaan, the first book ever to be suppressed in North America. What did the Puritans find so threatening about it, and how has this book echoed through subsequent centuries? Then I’m joined by Carla Hayden, the librarian of Congress, for a wide-ranging conversation about the history of book bans in the United States, how a resurgent wave of book bans in many states differs from those of prior eras and why organized attempts to prevent specific people from reading specific books usually fail.” –Introduction
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-banned-books-in-america-180983011/