<p>Season 4, Episode 6 </p><p>October 10, 2025</p><p>Today’s book: <em>TheHouse on Mango Street </em>by Sandra Cisneros (1984)</p><p>Banned Books Conversations: Where Radical ReadersDiscuss Prohibited Prose</p><p>Banned books are works that have been removed from alibrary shelf or school curriculum. Over the course of Banned Books Week, thisseries covers seven different books, the reasons they were banned, and thevalue in reading them. </p><p> </p><p>Guest Links: </p><p>Laurie Dennison         </p><p>CA Literary Agency: <a href="https://cmalit.com/laurie-dennison/">https://cmalit.com/laurie-dennison/</a></p><p><a href="https://cmalit.com/submit/">https://cmalit.com/submit/</a></p><p>Website: <a href="https://ladennison.com/">https://ladennison.com/</a></p><p>Tony (AR) Farina</p><p>Website: <a href="https://www.arfarina.com/">https://www.arfarina.com/</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/a.r.farina">https://www.instagram.com/a.r.farina</a></p><p>The Austen Chronicles: <a href="https://4horsemenpublications.com/product-category/authors/a-r-farina/">https://4horsemenpublications.com/product-category/authors/a-r-farina/</a></p><p>Comics Lit: <a href="https://books2read.com/u/meGdB9">https://books2read.com/u/meGdB9</a></p><p> </p><p>Becka Robbins            </p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/booksnotbans/">https://www.instagram.com/booksnotbans/</a></p><p>Website: <a href="https://www.booksnotbans.org/">https://www.booksnotbans.org/</a></p><p>Donations: <a href="https://donate.mazloweb.com/donate/T2LC6KjnHjUbN1NQqvu5T1">https://donate.mazloweb.com/donate/T2LC6KjnHjUbN1NQqvu5T1</a></p><p> </p><p>Previous collaborations:</p><p> </p><p>Time With Love: JulyCelebration with guest AR Farina</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/Qw-L6HREAvk?si=JfPEeUC1Qj2X5MfQ">https://www.youtube.com/live/Qw-L6HREAvk?si=JfPEeUC1Qj2X5MfQ</a></p><p> </p><p>Banned BooksConversations (Season 1) - 1984 by George Orwell with guests AR Farina and JAC</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/fLmt_7kt19Q?si=XwfNTB3LBCVQ-WhY">https://youtu.be/fLmt_7kt19Q?si=XwfNTB3LBCVQ-WhY</a></p><p> </p><p>Banned BooksConversations (Season 2) - This One Summer by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki withguests AR Farina, Brenna Thummler, and Veronica Klash</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUa_k3KQiz8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUa_k3KQiz8</a></p><p> </p><p>Resources: </p><p><a href="https://www.ala.org/bbooks">https://www.ala.org/bbooks</a></p><p><a href="https://bannedbooksweek.org/">https://bannedbooksweek.org/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/">https://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/">https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.booksnotbans.org/">https://www.booksnotbans.org/</a></p><p> </p><p>Host: Tonya Todd</p><p>Video Producer: JP Butler</p><p>Audio Producer: Ria Carrogan</p><p>Graphics: Mike Burton</p><p> </p><p>Catch the video versionat <a href="https://youtu.be/U2lmNV-a5gQ">https://youtu.be/U2lmNV-a5gQ</a></p><p></p>