Banned Book Conversations: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (1955)

Banned Books Conversations: Where Radical Readers Discuss Prohibited Prose
Banned books are works that have been removed from a library shelf or school curriculum. Over
the course of Banned Books Week, this series covers seven different books, the reasons they
were banned, and the value in reading them.

Guest Links:
Veronica Klash
https://veronicaklash.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veronicaklash/
Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/veronicaklash.bsky.social
Small Things Bedtime Stories: https://shows.acast.com/small-things-bedtime-love-stories

Gregory Kompes
Website: http://gregoryakompes.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gregoryakompes/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GregoryAKompes
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Gregory-A.-Kompes/author/B001K8O6FQ

James Abbate
https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/pages/submissions/
https://reedsy.com/james-abbate
Star Wars Mind the Force: https://www.mindtheforce.com/

Previous collaborations:
Nosferatu: A Symphony Of Horror (1922) W/ Co-host Spider-Dan and guests Veronica Klash &
Ria Carrogan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQBOPhNCx1s

Banned Books Conversations (Season 1) - Front Desk by Kelly Yang with guests Veronica
Klash, Oksana Marafioti, and Michelle Yang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn4JoY8Kc4I

Banned Books Conversations (Season 2) - This One Summer by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki with
guests Veronica Klash, Brenna Thummler, and AR Farina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUa_k3KQiz8

Banned Books Conversations (Season 3) - Losing the Girl by MariNaomi (2018) with guests
Veronica Klash, Ada McCartney, and MariNaomi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAGT9gxkVaE

Banned Books Conversations (Season 1) - Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe with guests Gregory
Kompes, Ria Carrogan, and Blake Byles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5aSsuSR3CQ

Banned Books Conversations (Season 2) - Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult with guests Gregory
Kompes, Lisa Rayne, and Heather Young
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaDuPSHaAFE

Banned Books Conversations (Season 3) - Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (1993) with
guests Oksana Marafioti, Gregory A. Kompes, and Jennia D'Lima
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di9G5vtMx-g

The 52 Love Podcast with Host Tonya Todd - Episode 45 (Learn your partner's love language)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQimVUzL0N4

Resources:

https://www.ala.org/bbooks
https://bannedbooksweek.org/
https://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/
https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/
https://www.booksnotbans.org/

Host: Tonya Todd
Video Producer: JP Butler
Audio Producer: Ria Carrogan
Graphics: Mike Burton

Catch the video version at https://youtu.be/Kkx14Xgzjk8