New Nashville Public Library card brags "I read banned books"

The Nashville Public Library has issued another response to efforts throughout Tennessee to limit access to certain books.

NPR reports that it's issuing 5,000 limited-edition library cards that state boldly "I read banned books."

You may remember that the school that banned Maus — Art Spiegelman's graphic novel about the Holocaust — was in Tennessee.

But the state's governor has also signed a law requiring school libraries to screen material for "age appropriateness," just days before a bill that would criminally penalize school librarians for not removing "obscene" books was proposed.

The latter bill has passed the Tennessee House, according to NPR.

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