Micah Hales

As a writer and an educator, I’m sometimes pulled into conversations about banned books. Let’s be real, it’s hard to avoid these days. So, here are some of my thoughts on banned books:

I read books that are banned in other places, simply because they are banned. They don’t brainwash me. They don’t indoctrinate me. Sometimes they show me a mirror, sometimes they open a door. Sometimes they push m