The Unbannable Library is a community effort to fight censorship and intimidation in our libraries. Teams of artists, writers, teachers, librarians and students are joining forces to create larger than life interactive book sculptures based on banned books and original written works of singular voice and experience. Designed for display and use at libraries everywhere, this rich collection of interactive book sculptures are literally TOO BIG to ban.

The result of collaborations between local artists, writers, teachers, students and community members, these unique larger-than-life books employ text and image to draw attention to the voices and stories subject to censorship. In 2024 and 2025 this exhibition spanned a dozen sites across Middle Tennessee, New York and Kentucky to allow wide access for viewers to experience and interact with the voices of those affected by book bans. The Unbannable Library is growing in 2026…

Ashley Mintz creating “AT THE JUNCTION OF STRUCTURE AND IMAGINATION”, a collaboration with the poet(and her mom) Gwendolyn Mintz