Amanda Jones’ new memoir, “That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America,” is a blunt, angry, searching and redeeming story.

Host Deepa Fernandes speaks with Louisiana school librarian Amanda Jones.In her new memoir, “That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America,” Jones tells the story of the vitriol ...

In 2022, middle school librarian Amanda Jones attended a public library board meeting in Livingston-Parish, La., the area where she grew up and went on to teach for 24 years.

In a November 26 complaint, Jones accused Dan Kleinman, a longtime ALA critic who authors a blog called Safe Libraries, of Defamation and False Light, seeking damages in excess of $75,000.

In August 2022, Amanda Jones started receiving death threats. Jones has been a middle school librarian in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, for 24 years. In 2022, she spoke at her parish's library ...

Amanda Jones. (Courtesy of Kathryn & Traveis Photography) The battle over books is just the latest iteration of a culture war. Over the past years, conservatives have challenged books in public ...