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 ...

In this excerpt from “That Librarian,” Amanda Jones offers a blueprint to battle book censorship in public libraries. “She’s a sparrow when she’s broken / But she’s an eagle when she flies”—Dolly ...

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 ...