Season 4, Episode 6

October 10, 2025

Today’s book: TheHouse on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (1984)

Banned Books Conversations: Where Radical ReadersDiscuss Prohibited Prose

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.

Guest Links:

Laurie Dennison

CA Literary Agency: https://cmalit.com/laurie-dennison/

https://cmalit.com/submit/

Website: https://ladennison.com/

Tony (AR) Farina

Website: https://www.arfarina.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/a.r.farina

The Austen Chronicles: https://4horsemenpublications.com/product-category/authors/a-r-farina/

Comics Lit: https://books2read.com/u/meGdB9

Becka Robbins

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/booksnotbans/

Website: https://www.booksnotbans.org/

Donations: https://donate.mazloweb.com/donate/T2LC6KjnHjUbN1NQqvu5T1

Previous collaborations:

Time With Love: JulyCelebration with guest AR Farina

https://www.youtube.com/live/Qw-L6HREAvk?si=JfPEeUC1Qj2X5MfQ

Banned BooksConversations (Season 1) - 1984 by George Orwell with guests AR Farina and JAC

https://youtu.be/fLmt_7kt19Q?si=XwfNTB3LBCVQ-WhY

Banned BooksConversations (Season 2) - This One Summer by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki withguests AR Farina, Brenna Thummler, and Veronica Klash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUa_k3KQiz8

Resources:

https://www.ala.org/bbooks

https://bannedbooksweek.org/

https://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/

https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/

https://www.booksnotbans.org/

Host: Tonya Todd

Video Producer: JP Butler

Audio Producer: Ria Carrogan

Graphics: Mike Burton

Catch the video versionat https://youtu.be/U2lmNV-a5gQ