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Guest Essay

By Paisley Rekdal

Ms. Rekdal is the author of nonfiction books and poetry collections.

Well before my lecture scheduled for this Wednesday at the United States Air Force Academy, I suspected it would be canceled.

My planned lecture, on how the United States memorializes — or forgets — the costs of war, couldn’t have come at a more fraught time. As a former Utah poet laureate and PEN America’s Utah chapter leader, I’ve watched with distress as book bans proliferate, often targeting titles that focus on race and history. I’ve seen firsthand the........

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