About THAT Scene in Looking for Alaska

In which John discusses the widespread banning of his first novel Looking for Alaska, and the single page in the book that has caused so much controversy. Also discussed: Book banning in general, the professions of teaching and librarianship, the ability of teens to read critically, and so on. ---- Subscribe to our newsletter! https://werehere.beehiiv.com/subscribe Learn more about our project to help Partners in Health radically reduce maternal mortality in Sierra Leone: https://www.pih.org/hankandjohn If you're able to donate $2,000 or more to this effort, please join our matching fund: https://pih.org/hankandjohnmatch If you're in Canada, you can donate here: https://pihcanada.org/hankandjohn