Literacy Matters Vol. 25 Winter 2025

PEN America. (2022). What Is a Book Ban? And More Frequently Asked Questions . PEN America. Retrieved June 25, 2024, from https://pen.org/book-bans frequently-asked-questions/ PEN America. (2024, June 5). OPEN LETTER TO SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATORS . Wikipedia. Retrieved June 8, 2024, from https://pen.org/south-carolina lawmakers-to-reject-new-restrictions-to-evaluate-books-in-public-schools/ South Carolina Department of Education. (2024). Regulations Under Review by the State Board of Education (SBE) (Revised 10/5/17) . South Carolina Department of Education. Retrieved June 8, 2024, from https://ed.sc.gov/state-board/ state-board-of-education/about-state-board/state-board-regulations process/regulations-under-review-by-the-state-board-of-education-sbe revised-8-26-161/

The Island News. (2024, March 13). DAYLO honored with national commendation. Retrieved June 26, 2024, from https://yourislandnews.com/daylo-honored-with national-commendation/ Weaver, E. (2023, August 28). DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION . South Carolina Department of Education. Retrieved June 8, 2024, from https://ed.sc.gov/ newsroom/scasl-letter/

WHHI News. (2024, March). Millie Bennett: Book ban in Beaufort County, SC [News clip]. WHHI-TV. https://www.whhitv.com/clips/AHmk23NcDiw/

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S Susan Cridland-Hughes is an associate professor of English Education at Clemson University. Her research focuses on literacy advocacy and critical literacy and their recent intersections with censorship. In a past life, she taught high school English in Baltimore City, where she learned how cool high school students really are. Katie McGee is a Ph.D. candidate in the Language, Literacy, and Culture program at Clemson University. Her research interests include young adult literature, preservice teacher education, and racial literacy development. Prior to her doctoral studies, she was a middle school English teacher in Oklahoma and Texas, a literacy coach, and a secondary literacy curriculum specialist. Jennifer Gallman (she/her/hers) is a high school English teacher in South Carolina and a doctoral Candidate at Clemson University. Her research focuses on censorship in public education. Other research interests include fighting for intellectual freedom and social justice pedagogy.

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