A Dayology DATA SET
As crazy as it sounds books are being banned in the USA, the land of the free. Books of great substance and social value are published every day, but some of the most highly awarded books are being removed from our public school curriculums and community libraries.
ABC News reports that more than 10,000 different books were removed from school library shelves over the 2023-2024 school year. Most of these removals occurred in Florida and Iowa, but students from all over the nation are forming Banned Book Clubs to read these titles as a form of protest. MSNB host, Ali Velshi, regularly interviews featured Banned Book authors on his weekend show.
In case you didn’t know AI clearly states that controversial books broaden our perspectives, develop our empathy, encourage critical thinking, define values, help people to feel seen and heard, inspire change and stand up for the freedom of speech. Highly controversial books introduce us to highly critical areas of life of which may not be personally known to us.
Just consider the time it takes authors to write accounts of life as they see it. Their work can be banned because their content material judged to be anti-ethnic, cultural sensitive, or dealing with the issues of racism, sexism, anti-family, nudity, offensive language, abortion, substance abuse, gambling, gangs, violence, suicide, homosexuality, sexually explicit, political viewpoints, diverse religious beliefs, occult interests, or matters simply “unsuited” for certain age groups.
The following individuals have unfortunately had at least one of their published books banned. They are listed by their Dayology signatures revealing that all seven Day Rays and twelve Sun Signs are represented. This means that book banning is being applied to every aspect of our lives. It is also a signal that “critical thinking” is no longer a valued individual skill. Having our reading matter banned is a loss for everyone. And what follows this controlling effort?
Banned Book Authors (some but not all)
#01 SUN ARI – Sylvia Plath 10/27/1932
#02 SUN TAU – Andrey Kurkov 4/23/1961 #02 SUN TAU – Scott Westerfeld 5/5/1963 
#04 SUN CAN – Octavia E. Butler 6/22/1947 
#05 SUN LEO – Lauren Groff 7/23/1978 
#11 SUN AQU – Art Spiegelman 2/15/1948 #11 SUN AQU – Stephen Chbosky 1/25/1970
#13 MON ARI – Nikole Hannah-Jones – 4/5/1976
#15 MON GEM – Steven D. Levitt 5/29/1967#15 MON GEM – Laurence Yep 6/14/1948 #16 MON CAN – Stacia Deutsch 7/8/1968 #17 MON LEO – Benjamin Alire Sáenz 8/16/1954 
#19 MON LIB – Dorit Rabinyan 9/25/1972
#20 MON SCO – Laurie Halse Anderson 10/23/1961#20 MON SCO – Katherine Paterson 10/31/1932 
#21 MON SAG – Ari Folman 12/17/1962 #21 MON SAG – Mark Twain 11/30/1835 
#24 MON PIS – Jonathan Safran Foer 2/21/1977
#25 TUE ARI – George Takei 4/20/1937 #26 TUE TAU – Joseph Heller 5/1/1923 #28 TUE CAN – R.J. Palacio 7/13/1963 
#30 TUE VIR – William Golding 9/19/1911 #30 TUE VIR – Barbara Ehrenreich 8/26/1941 #30 TUE VIR – Angie Thomas 9/20/1988 #31 TUE LIB – Roxane Gay 10/15/1974 #31 TUE LIB – Tim O’Brien 10/1/1946 #33 TUE SAG – Jason Reynolds 12/6/1983 #35 TUE AQU – Rosa Parks 2/4/1913 #35 TUE AQU – Jacqueline Woodson 2/12/1963 #35 TUE AQU – Jerry Craft 1/22/1963
#38 WED TAU – Harper Lee 4/28/1926 #38 WED TAU – Reza Aslan 5/3/1972 #39 WED GEM – Anne Frank 6/12/1929 #40 WED CAN – Nic Stone 7/10/1985 #40 WED CAN – Chris Crutcher 7/17/1946 #42 WED VIR – Robin DiAngelo 9/8/1956 #42 WED VIR – James Clear 1/22/1986 #43 WED LIB – Mark Hadden – 9/26/1962 #47 WED AQU – Toni Morrison 2/18/1931 #47 WED AQU – Alice Walker 2/9/1944
#50 THU TAU – Jodi Picoult 5/19/1966#50 THU TAU – Jeannette Walls 4/21/1960 #51 THU GEM – Salman Rushdie 19 June 1947 #52 THU CAN – George Orwell 6/25/1903| #53 THU LEO – Kiese Laymon 8/15/1974 #53 THU LEO – Aldous Huxley 7/26/1894 #54 THU VIR – David Levithan 9/7/1972 
#58 THU CAP – Emily M. Danforth 1/17/1980 #60 THU PIS – John Steinbeck 2/27/1902
#61 FRI ARI – Julia Alvarez 3/27/1950 #61 FRI ARI – Jesmyn Ward 4/1/1977 #62 FRI TAU – Todd Strasser 5/5/1950 #62 FRI TAU – Grace Lin May 5/17/1974 #64 FRI CAN – Juno Dawson 7/10/1981 #65 FRI LEO – Ibram X. Kendi 2 8/13/1982 #65 FRI LEO – Mohsin Hamid 7/23/1971 #66 FRI VIR – Alice Sebold 9/6/1963 #67 FRI LIB – Jonathan Evison 9/27/1968 #67 FRI LIB – Sherman Alexie 10/7/1966 #70 FRI CAP – Maulik Pancholy 1/18/1974
#73 SAT ARI – Ellen Hopkins 3/26/1955 #77 SAT LEO – James Baldwin 8/2/1924 #79 SAT LIB – Alex Gino October 10/1/1977 #79 SAT LIB – William Faulkner 9/25/1897 #80 SAT SCO – Margaret Atwood 11/18/1939 #81 SAT SAG – Marjane Satrapi 11/22/1969 #83 SAT AQU – Judy Blume 2/12/1938 #84 SAT PIS – Lois Lowry 3/20/1937
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