Book censorship in the United States

London-based artist Christina Mitrentse's interactive installation-performance "Censored" explores banned books borrowed from four libraries, constructing a temporary Metalibrary at Greece's National Library (364 Syngrou) in a co-production of the Athens Epidaurus Festival and the Municipal Theater of Piraeus.

Requests for books to be removed from U.S. shelves soared to a record-high in 2022, with the majority of titles "targeted for censorship" related to LGBT issues and minorities, according to data released by the American Library Association on March 23.