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Books After Dark Brings America’s Most Banned Author to Utah

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George M. Johnson’s new memoir hits shelves on Nov. 10. The very next night, the author of America’s most banned book will be in Salt Lake City, in America’s most book-banned state. You can’t make this stuff up.

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