Singer Pink To Give Away Banned Books At FL Concerts

FLORIDA — Pop singer Pink is teaming up with PEN America, a freedom of expression and literary arts organization, and South Florida bookseller Books & Books to give away 2,000 banned books during her upcoming concerts in the Sunshine State.

She’ll perform Tuesday at the Kasey Center in Miami, Wednesday at the Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, and Thursday and Friday at the Amway Center in Orlando, according to her website.

Pink is dedicated to education and representation for all races and sexual identities, according to a news release from PEN America.

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“Books have held a special joy for me from the time I was a child, and that’s why I am unwilling to stand by and watch while books are banned by schools,” she said. “It’s especially hateful to see authorities take aim at books about race and racism and against LGBTQ authors and those of color. We have made so many strides toward equality in this country and no one should want to see this progress reversed. This is why I am supporting PEN America in its work and why I agree with them: no more banned books.”

On Monday, the singer posted a list of some of the books that have been banned in Florida schools to X, formerly Twitter.

“Lmk (let me know) which book is pornography…. ‘To Kill A Mockingbird,’ ‘The Hate You Give,’ ‘Forrest Gump,’ ‘A Catcher In The Rye,’ ‘The Hill We Climb,’ ‘Girls Who Code,’ ‘Atlas Shrugged,’ ‘1984,’ ‘The Kite Runner,’ ‘The Bluest Eye,’ ‘A Wrinkle In Time,’ ‘The Diary of Anne Frank,’ ‘The Fault In Our Stars, etc etc.,” Pink wrote.

PEN America has also recently appointed Katie Blankenship as its first-ever Florida director amidst the rise in book banning and censorship in the state. She previously served as deputy legal director for the ACLU of Florida.