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Pink to distribute banned books at Florida tour dates

Singer to give out 2,000 free copies of books in state that is center of hotbed of challenges to free speech

The Guardian - US · Nov 14, 2023

Parent who got popular poem banned from kids school admits she hasn't read it

After the poem got taken off the curriculum, the mum later revealed that she had not read the poem or the books she complained about, and she admitted to not being a reader

Daily Mirror · May 31, 2023

DeSantis appears to back woman who led Amanda Gorman poem school ban

Florida governor accuses media of creating ‘ridiculous poem hoax’ after complaint targeted verse recited at Biden inauguration

The Guardian - US · May 26, 2023

Amanda Gorman's poem for Biden's inauguration banned by Florida school

A poem written for President Joe Biden’s inauguration has been placed on a restricted list at a South Florida elementary school after one parent's complaint

The Independent UK · May 24, 2023

Amanda Gorman ‘gutted’ after Florida school bans Biden inauguration poem

Poet, 25, vows to fight back after single complaint, which wrongly ascribed The Hill We Climb to Oprah Winfrey, prompts removal

The Guardian - US · May 24, 2023

Amanda Gorman on her inauguration poem being banned from Miami school: 'I am gutted'

Bob Graham Education Center, a K-8 school in Miami-Dade County, restricted access to Amanda Gorman's acclaimed poem "The Hill We Climb," which she read at President Biden's inauguration, for elementary-aged students after a parent issued a formal complaint on the grounds that the poem was "not educational" and included indirect…

Los Angeles Times · May 24, 2023