Can I teach that?: negotiating taboo language and controversial topics in the language arts classroom

Don't shy away from books about tough issues / Jabari Asim

Teaching the Banned Books Project / Stephen E. Rayburn

A true war story : addressing the real obscenities / Suzanne Linder

Creative profanity : strong language in student work / Elizabeth Majerus

Defending Arnold's spirit : battling a big book challenge in a small town / Amy Collins

Challenging homophobic and heteronormative language : queering The merchant of Venice / Stephanie Ann Shelton

From canon to "pornography" : common core and the backlash against multicultural literature / Loretta M. Gaffney

The fine art of defusing an N-bomb : the challenges of navigating racially charged language in the (majority white) African American literature classroom / Matt Mitchell

Too close to dead : addressing racist language head-on in the African American ELA classroom / Jalisa Bates

Libraries unfiltered : increase access, grow the whole child / Frances Jacobson Harris and Amy L. Atkinson

Appendix A: Telling your own true war story assignment / Suzanne Linder

Appendix B: Materials selection policy : University Laboratory High School English Department, Urbana, Illinois

Appendix C: A list of resources and case law for book challenges / Amy Collins

Appendix D: Sample questions to begin queer examinations of the Merchant of Venice / Stephanie Ann Shelton

Appendix E: Poetry reading assignment / Matt Mitchell.