Location Change: UT Celebrates Banned Books Week; Final Event This Weekend

The University of Tampa Macdonald-Kelce Library has sponsored a series of events to honor Banned Books Weeks (Sept. 22-28).

The final event includes a performance by local artists, called Drag Queen Story Hour, on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 1 p.m. in the Sykes College of Business, Room 134. Kenya M. Black, Miss St. Pete Pride and Miss Naples Pride 2019, and Samaya Sinsation, Miss Florida USofA Diva!, will read from a few of the many challenged and censored children’s books that deal with alternate political and religious viewpoints, LGBTQIA+ issues, and other messages that may address difficult themes such as racism, violence, and otherness.

All Banned Books Week events are free, open to the public and family friendly.

For more information, contact Sarah Juliet Lauro, UT assistant professor of hemispheric literature, at slauro@ut.edu or (813) 257-3322.

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