Olivia B. Waxman writes: “On November 8, two members of a Virginia school board called for a book burning. Only a few months into the school year, librarians say efforts to ban books are on the rise and mark a new chapter in the history of attempts to censor books. Since September, school libraries in at least seven states have removed books challenged by community members. Among the books most frequently targeted are Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, George M. Johnson’s All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto, Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer: A Memoir, Jonathan Evison’s Lawn Boy, and Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. Most of the challenged books so far, across fiction and nonfiction, are about race and LGBTQ identities.”