Below the poster proclaiming this year’s Banned Books Week slogan, Renee Rettig propped up “Gender Queer,” “Maus” and several other books in her Hayward bookstore Books on B.
“My whole intention was to create a community for our area to come to,” Rettig said. “Free speech comes with being an independent bookseller, and [the store has] always celebrated the freedom to be.”
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