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Born in Russia, UMW sophomore Katia Savelyeva has called America home for most of her life. But the English major sometimes wonders what it would be like had she stayed in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n

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UMW sophomore Katia Savelyeva reads a chapter from emily m. danforth’s ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ at UMW’s Banned Books Week Read Out on Wednesday. Photo by Matthew Binamira Sanders.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI hope I\u2019d still do things that don\u2019t require as much bravery here in the United States,\u201d said Savelyeva, who read aloud on Campus Walk Wednesday from a young adult book that was banned in an American school district, as part of Mary Washington\u2019s annual Read Out event.<\/p>\n

Held every September, this national awareness campaign by the American Library Association (ALA) and other organizations puts a spotlight on attempts to censor, challenge and ban books in libraries and schools. A collection of events and displays across campus this week highlights the need to \u201ckeep the light on\u201d and celebrate the freedom to express all ideas.<\/p>\n

Banned Books Week began in the 1980s as the Supreme Court weighed whether school officials could prohibit the reading of books based solely on their content. They can\u2019t, but numerous books are challenged each year in schools nationwide.<\/p>\n

In celebration, students, staff, faculty and administrators \u2013 including Provost Nina Mikhalevsky, Associate Vice President and Dean of Student Life Cedric Rucker, and Associate Professor of Education Janine Davis \u2013 gathered in front of Lee Hall this morning to read excerpts from banned books. The English department will also focus on censored literature in its weekly poetry and prose reading this afternoon from 5 to 6 p.m. in Combs Hall.<\/p>\n

Teaching high school English in California, it was almost unheard of for books to be challenged in her school district, Davis said. But when she moved to Virginia, her new school presented her with a long list of literature she couldn\u2019t use in her classroom.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was shocked,\u201d said Davis, who read from Jeannette Walls\u2019 The Glass Castle<\/em>, challenged for featuring sexual assault, alcoholism and abuse. \u201cIt\u2019s by reading books involving difficult personal stories that we can begin to imagine what it\u2019s like to live in a world that is different from our own \u2013 or, for some, to see themselves reflected in these works.\u201d<\/p>\n

Classics often make the ALA\u2019s list of books that have faced objections \u2013 Of Mice and Men<\/em>, The Catcher in the Rye <\/em>and To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em> are on there, as well as children\u2019s books like the Captain Underpants<\/em> and Skippyjon Jones<\/em> series. Those recently challenged often include LGBT themes or characters, or people of color or those with disabilities, said James Pape, outreach librarian with Simpson Library, which sponsors the Read Out event along with the UMW Bookstore; Department of English, Linguistics and Communication; and the Office of Student Activities and Engagement.<\/p>\n

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College of Arts and Sciences Dean Keith Mellinger reads ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ He was one of several UMW administrators to participate in this year’s Read Out event. Photo by Matthew Binamira Sanders. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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One of the Read Out sponsors, UMW Barnes & Noble Bookstore had a display of challenged or banned books for purchase on Wednesday, which are also available inside the store. Photo by Jill Laiacona. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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UMW sophomore Katia Savelyeva reads aloud from emily m. danforth’s ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post.’ Books like this involving LGBT characters or themes are frequent targets of censorship. Photo by Matthew Binamira Sanders. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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As one of the Read Out event’s sponsors, Simpson Library has been committed to making sure that these challenged and banned books are accessible to the entire campus community. Photo Courtesy of Simpson Library. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Associate Professor of Education Janine Davis reads Jeannette Walls’ ‘The Glass Castle,’ challenged for scenes that involve sexual assault, alcoholism and abuse. Davis said it’s important for students to have access to these personal difficult stories to better understand others’ experiences. Photo by Matthew Binamira Sanders. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

That\u2019s why Savelyeva volunteered to read. Assistant Professor of Writing and Digital Studies Brenta Blevins approached her after Savelyeva wrote an article on young adult LGBT fiction in UMW\u2019s student newspaper, The Blue & Gray Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Mary Washington, we\u2019re educating members of a society that needs to grapple now and in the future with serious concerns facing humanity,\u201d Blevins said. \u201cWe must engage with diverse perspectives to solve these problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the Read Out event, Savelyeva shared an excerpt from emily m. danforth\u2019s The Miseducation of Cameron Post<\/em>. After she came out in 2015, Savelyeva read the coming-of-age novel about a teenager in rural Montana who discovers her homosexuality. It had been removed from an honors program reading list by a Delaware school district a year earlier.<\/p>\n

Many focus on the book\u2019s intense passages, such as when the teen is sent to a conversion camp, said Savelyeva. She chose to read the opening chapter, featuring the protagonist\u2019s first kiss. Cameron soon learns her parents have died in a car crash, leaving the experiences intertwined in her memory.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer world breaks wide open and you begin to understand her as a character,\u201d said Savelyeva, who aspires to the \u201csense of peace and freedom Cameron feels in the last chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Everyone has a right to share their opinions, and it\u2019s OK to disagree with or criticize a book, said Savelyeva.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we won\u2019t have the opportunity to do even that if books are pulled off the shelves.\u201d<\/p>\n

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