Missouri Western State University will hold its nineteenth annual Reading of Challenged and Banned Books at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29 in the Enright Community Rooms, Spratt Hall rooms 214-216. The event, in recognition of the American Library Association’s Banned Book Week, is free and open to the public.

Missouri Western students and faculty as well as members of the St. Joseph community will read selections from books that have been either banned or challenged in U.S. schools in recent years.  Refreshments will be served following the readings.

The event is sponsored by the Department of English and Modern Languages, the Department of Education, the Missouri Western State University Library, Prairie Lands Writing Project and SNCTE. For more information, contact Dr. Michael Cadden, EML (271-4576), Dr. Michael Smith, Education (271-4514), or Julia Schneider, Library Director (271-4369).