Cornell University Library is marking Banned Books Week (Sept. 27-Oct. 3) with a public reading of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. ‘44’s “Slaughterhouse-Five,” which frequently appears on lists of banned or challenged books.

The “Slaughterhouse-Five” read-a-thon is Friday, Oct. 2 in Olin Library’s main lobby, beginning at 10 a.m. and ending about 4 p.m. Vonnegut’s anti-war novel is the 2015 New Student Reading Project selection at Cornell. During the reading on Oct. 2, students can make their own Banned Book Week buttons. 

From Sept. 28 to Oct. 2, take mugshot-style selfies holding their favorite banned books at a display set up outside the Amit Bhatia Libe Cafe in Olin Library. Photos can be posted on social media with the hashtag #CaughtReadingatCornell or emailed to libcomm@cornell.edu for posting on digital signs in the library.