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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Olivia Empson

The US librarian who sued book ban harassers: ‘I decided to fight back’

The cover of Amanda Jones' book, featuring the author wearing glasses and a red cardigan, standing in front of a library wall of books
Amanda Jones’ debut memoir is That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America. Photograph: Bloomsbury Publishing

A librarian in Louisiana – one of the first in the US to file a lawsuit for defamation against her detractors – is speaking out about the fight she’s been part of as censorship and books bans escalate around the country.

Amanda Jones vividly remembers the time she received her first death threat. Hate, online bullying or photos sent to her house circling her face with red Biro like a target had been unsettling, but not uncommon. This was different.

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