Critical Acclaim

Alexandra Alter
New York Times
Citizens for a New Louisiana is a group that has pushed to have books that [are] erotic or sexual removed from the children’s section of libraries.

Louis Perret
Lafayette Clerk of Court
Citizens for a New Louisiana has changed Lafayette by doing the kind of deep research that journalists used to do.

Our Queerest Shelves
Book Riot
The mention of signage sounded eerily similar to the display controversy in Lafayette Parish, which was created by Citizens for a New Louisiana.

Mia Jankowicz
Insider (Great Britain)
Lunsford and CNL have had an outsize influence on Louisiana libraries.

Tovia Smith
National Public Radio
Lunsford spent years raising the heat leading a stealthy but steady campaign that replaced members of the library board who, from his perspective, were not quite on board.
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