September 26, 2018

Following his certainly less than necessary introduction, Penn sat and detailed his rushed trip east to visit the college campus. He went on to discuss the writing of his novel, his excitement for the art and process of writing itself as evident as his boredom with acting.

Another point Ward noted was the fact that book bans were often targeted at Young Adult—YA books, like Thirteen Reasons Why, with the challenges coming from either parents, or patrons, 32 and 42 percent of all book ban petitioners respectively according to the ALA.