What a queer author in Maryland thinks of book bans

A queer author moved to Md. to dodge discrimination; book bans have followed

By KRISTEN GRIFFITH | The year that Indiana banned “obscene” books from school libraries, Saundra Mitchell fled the state she had known her entire life. The author, with books banned in 16 states, said she sought refuge in Maryland, thinking its Freedom to Read law would make life a little easier for her and her librarian wife. But two years into their new life in Anne Arundel County — and six months into the Trump administration — Mitchell is l…

What a queer author in Maryland thinks of book bans

Author Saundra Mitchell, 51, has been fighting back against book restrictions — in protests at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., and in the pages of her stories.