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
Florida school district sued for violating first amendment rights with book bans
PEN, Random House and parents file lawsuit after rightwing groups seek to ban books that address racism or sexual identity
Mem Fox book Guess What? removed in Florida county under Ron DeSantis bill
Duval County says book by bestselling Australian children’s author has since been approved by specialist panel
The Guardian view on US book bans: time to fight back
Editorial: Censorship is surging thanks to an organised rightwing minority targeting books on LGBTQ and Black characters and issues
‘Just the tip of the iceberg’: Kimberlé Crenshaw warns against rightwing battle over critical race theory
Exclusive: Author and academic cautions pushback against racial justice education feeds revival of segregationist policies
Ron DeSantis called a ‘tyrant’ as Trump supporters barred from book signing
Far-right activist Laura Loomer denounces Florida governor, who is expected to challenge ex-president for Republican nomination
The Courage to be Free review: Ron DeSantis bows and scrapes to Trump
On the page, the Florida governor doesn’t show much courage about the man he must beat to be the Republican nominee
DeSantis praises Trump for ‘enhancing my name recognition’ in new book
Flattering comments from Florida governor are likely to disappoint Republicans urging him to jump into the 2024 race
A US state shelved my book – yet all I was doing was trying to help people live their lives
Taking the Trans Teen Survival Guide off school shelves is part of the historic erasure of books about identity, says author and artist Fox Fisher
Florida teachers forced to remove or cover up books to avoid felony charges
State’s new bill goes into effect prohibiting material unless deemed appropriate by a librarian or ‘certified media specialist’
Ron DeSantis book announcement a clear sign of presidential ambition
Florida governor expected to challenge Trump for Republican nod in 2024 will publish The Courage to Be Free in February
‘I decided to share my voice’: Estela Juarez on her mother, who Trump deported, and her new book
Just nine when zero-tolerance policy saw her mother sent to Mexico, now a teen, the Floridian has written a book for children
‘Bill and I got pretty friendly’: James Patterson on writing with Clinton and clashing with Trump
His plot-driven thrillers have seen him sell more books than Tolkien, and he has even co-written fiction with the former president. But it’s readers of the future he wants to enthral
Ronald Bergan obituary
Film scholar, author and obituary writer who addressed some of cinema’s big themes in his work
Bruce Gilden: ‘In these women’s faces, I find my mother’s story’
When Bruce Gilden started to photograph the drug-addicted sex workers in Miami, he was confronted with the memory of his mother, who killed herself when he was a young man