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How anarchists in North Carolina rescued books banned in Florida (archive.is)
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From the Washington Post:

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — When the managers of a small bookstore in this Appalachian mountain town received a call from a distributor wondering if they could take in 22,000 books rejected by a Florida school district, it felt like a colossal ask.

Firestorm Books usually stocks fewer than 8,000 books — titles that range from historical fiction to solarpunk. The self-described queer feminist collective wasn’t sure where they’d put them, and their customers typically weren’t looking for picture books.

“We were like, this feels like a bigger thing than we can manage,” said Libertie Valance, a managing member of the group that runs the store. “But I think even in that conversation, there was an acknowledgment that we were going to do it.”

And so began the journey to bring eight tons of books — most of them banned under Florida’s state laws restricting classroom discussion on race, gender identity and sexual orientation — from Duval County Public Schools in Jacksonville to left-leaning Asheville.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 9 months ago

Heros.

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 3 points 9 months ago

For anyone who's never been, Firestorm is an amazing little shop, and Libertie is legitimately one of the nicest people I have ever met. Highly recommend. I always choose them on libro.fm and try to go as often as possible whenever I make it to Asheville.