Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amanda Jones' new memoir, "That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America," is a blunt, angry, searching and redeeming ...

For 24 years, Amanda Jones has been a highly regarded middle school librarian in Watson, Louisiana, a small community near Baton Rouge where she was born and raised. But two years ago, following an ...

Amanda Jones’ life changed forever after she spoke at a public library board meeting two years ago in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. “I gave a very blanket speech about censorship. I didn’t talk about ...

Working in a Louisiana middle school has made Amanda Jones a culture warrior, a process she describes in “That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America.” Credit...Rebecca Clarke Supported ...

In fall 2022, Amanda Jones, a school librarian in Livingston Parish, La., made headlines when she filed a defamation suit against two men who had targeted her with a campaign of harassment after she ...

Amanda Jones is a Louisiana middle-school librarian who sleeps with a shotgun under her bed and carries a pistol when she travels the back roads. “I never expected any of this,” said Jones, who lives ...