Never forget Banned Books Week

In 2000, I packed my life into two suitcases and joined the Peace Corps.  Though it has been a decade now- I have never forgotten the lessons of freedom that I learned while living and working in Estonia.  My former colleagues did not always have the right to read.  They did not always have the permission or the access to all the books that we sometimes enjoy without blinking an eye.  For them my small collection of commonly banned book titles is ever more meaningful. 

Banned Books Week is my reminder to never forget.  Celebrate your right to read.  Hold it dear.  Because some of us will never forget the rights that were taken from us and some of us are still fighting for the right to read. 

ALA Banned Books Week