AN EDUCATIONAL MOMENT AND MOVEMENT: BANNED BOOK WEEK
![Woman presenting with a book in hand in a library](https://newmexicohumanities.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/NMHC-Blog-Banned-Book-Week-web30.jpg)
By Heather Frankland
Many of the books challenged are those written by and about populations traditionally marginalized.
IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR: THE BURNING OF ZOZOBRA AND HERALDING THE NEW SEASON
![Zozobra, a 50 foot effigy of "old man gloom," with a person dressed in red as the fire spirit in front of it. Waterfalls of fire on either side.](https://newmexicohumanities.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/NMHC-Blog-Zozobra-web30.jpg)
By Nicolasa Chávez
“Now celebrating his 99th year, Zozobra is older than the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade and the lighting of the Rockefeller Center Tree.”