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censorship

  • banned books friday #27 – considering salman rushdie.

    This week’s Banned Book Friday is a little different – in a good way I think. See, I was nearing Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses on our list – and knowing well that his life had been in danger for most of mine for having written it – I also placed a hold on his… Read more

  • banned books week – let freedom read day.

    Today, Saturday, September 28th, is the last day of Banned Books Week – and it is Let Freedom Read Day, a day focused on actionable steps to fight book bans in all public spaces. If you would like to participate, I would encourage you to look over the steps listed here on the Banned Books… Read more

  • banned books week – 10 beloved children’s books that have been challenged or banned.

    While we take issue with all book bans and challenges here on the blog, as I’ve been working on our banned books posts, I’ve seen several written for children and young adults that I would consider classics, ones I cannot imagine not having read, that have been targeted by the book police. Some, like Harry… Read more

  • banned books week – books currently being challenged most often.

    Happy Wednesday of Banned Books Week, y’all. Today we are considering the books that are most often being challenged in schools and libraries now. The American Library Association tracks challenges to books and is working hard to share which books are being challenged each year and why. For our purposes today, we are looking at… Read more

  • banned books week – considering some frequently challenged classic books.

    Happy Tuesday of Banned Books Week, y’all. Today we are looking at some of the most frequently banned classic books. (Tomorrow we’ll talk about the challenges and bans to modern books in the past few years.) First, as a devoted Potterhead, I have to say that I have been both amused and a little taken… Read more

  • alabama’s library woes continue.

    I have been waiting to update on my state’s library issues because there has been so much confusion – and very little clarity – since I last wrote. However, I will mention that there was a library board unjustly unseated in the next county over from us, Shelby County, a few weeks ago, in a… Read more

  • banned book friday #8 – some faulkner and the beginnings of lotr.

    This has been an extra puny week – even by my usual spoonie standards – but I have some happy things to share this Banned Books Friday. In what will hopefully be a two post day, first, I’ll pass along the report on this week’s banned book reading. Then, later this evening, I plan to… Read more

  • our week two banned book friday report (a little late on a sick day)

    Last week, I started my project of reading through our banned book list – including the rereads of classics that I haven’t encountered since my school days – to report on them as I make way through the list. (I’m reporting a bit late today – early Saturday morning – as this infernal flare had… Read more

  • “i’m with the banned” fridays.

    In keeping with the theme of this week, another major issue arose last night in Prattville, Alabama – just outside our state capitol city of Montgomery – with a library board that has absolutely run amok, not only attempting to ban books but also firing the library director that dared defy them as well as… Read more

  • in response to library censorship and “burn the freaking books”

    On Thursday, an article was posted on al.com that related to the ongoing debate in my home state, Alabama, around groups that are trying – often successfully – to remove books they find morally objectionable from public libraries – essentially creating their own banned books list – versus everyone who believes that these groups don’t… Read more