Uncensored: the story behind the book release
The book that I worked as a researcher and contributor, Uncensored: Educator Speak Out on Teaching in a Time of Book Bans by Dr. Jonna Perrillo (Harvard Educated Press, 2026), has hit the shelves in academic libraries across the country. Please check it out from your preferred local library. If you like it as much as I hope, then please purchase here . Thank you to Dr. Perrillo and all other contributors and editors of the book. Am I happy to have my perspective and experience finally validated in a librarian's favorite way--a book? Of course. Does it make me anxious? Of course. But the source of fear isn't where you'd think it's from. I have a habit of speaking my truth, regardless if it's documented or tolerated. I see it as only I can. I bring my whole self to everything I touch. It's a matter of fingerprints literally and figuratively. Within the book, I recount my darkest days as a school librarian from 2020-2022 in the hotspot for book bans: deep i...