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Residents urge review of teen-library collections; council hears multiple graphic readings and accusations of outside influence
Summary
An extended public-input period on Dec. 10 focused on library content in teen sections. Multiple residents read graphic passages from books, called for reclassification or review, and framed the issue as part of broader 'culture war' concerns; city council listened but took no immediate action.
A lengthy general-public-input block at the Sioux Falls City Council meeting on Dec. 10 was dominated by residents raising concerns about sexually explicit or age-inappropriate material in the teen sections of local libraries and schools.
Several speakers read or summarized graphic passages from titles they said were shelved in teen collections. Michelle Clement read an explicit excerpt from Jesse Andrews’ Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl (she was cut off by the meeting’s three-minute speaker limit) and said the passage was in the library's teen section. Shandra Isaacson and others read…
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