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MSBNC host Ali Velshi founded his VelshiBannedBookClub in Februaryin response to the increasingly widespread practice of schools and libraries prohibiting readers — especially young readers — from accessing books that adults believe would make these readers uncomfortable. Sadly, the list is way too long to include. At 12 years old, author Roxane Gay was gang-raped by someone she trusted and a group of his friends.

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