Markus Dohle
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Parents and lawmakers are ramping up legislation that could remove hundreds of books from public-school curricula and library shelves. On Wednesday, PEN America announced that the CEO of Penguin Random House Markus Dohle personally donated $500,000 to the organization to combat nationwide book bans. Regarding the ongoing censorship in America, Dohle told the New York Times, “It’s unimaginable. And it is very urgent, and it ties into the future of our democracy.” His donation comes on the heels of an American Library Association report that stated Americans issued 330 book challenges — calls to remove a book from a school or a library — in the fall…
