Especially if you haven't heard/read these lately, we invite you to check out the following links to Assistant Professor Ashley Pérez's recent interview with and short essay for NPR. These were part of last month's special series on book banning.

• Banned Books: Author Ashley Hope Pérez on finding humanity in the 'darkness' - heard on Morning Edition
• Ashley Hope Pérez: 'Young people have a right' to stories that help them learn