Banned Books
![How to be an antiracist](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Resized-How-to-be-an-antiracist.jpg)
Title: How to be an antiracist
By: Ibram Kendi
Published: 2019
Combines ethics, history, law, and science with a personal narrative to describe how to move beyond the awareness of racism and contribute to making society just and equitable.
![Gender queer : a memoir](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Resized-Gender-queer-a-memoir.jpg)
Title: Gender queer : a memoir
By: Maia Kobabe
Published: 2020
Started as a way to explain to their family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity.
![Salvage the bones : a novel](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Resized-Salvage-the-bones-a-novel.jpg)
Title: Salvage the bones : a novel
By: Jesmyn Ward
Published: 2011
A big-hearted novel about familial love and community against all odds, and a wrenching look at the lonesome, brutal, and restrictive realities of rural poverty.