Monday, September 23 doesn't merely mark the first workday of the autumn season. It's also the start of Banned Books Week.
Introduced by the American Library Association in 1982 in response to an influx of efforts to censor books in libraries, bookstores and schools, Banned Books Week "highlights the value of free and open access to information and brings together the entire book community . . . in shared support of the freedom to seek and express ideas," per the movement's website.
