Banned and tried: The Well of Loneliness

Celebrating a groundbreaking novel for Banned Books Week

It's Banned Books Week 2024. How sad that we're dealing with book bans in this country — more than ever, at that. This year’s theme: “Let Freedom Read.” But book banning and censorship are nothing new, at least in the U.S. and Britain.

Because so many of today’s bans and challenges target LGBTQ stories, I’m presenting The Well of Loneliness (1928) by R…