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This Banned Books Friday, y’all, as we are nearing the end of this project, I am grouping together two books that have nothing in common – that we might finish this up next week and get on to our new banned books project I am so excited for. ❤ This week’s books are Richard Wright’s Native… Read more
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Some months ago, our Banned Books Fridays derailed as did our book reporting – and it did so during time when I feel that shouting against book bans and censorship is absolutely imperative as our rights are being threatened on many fronts. (Unfortunately, surgery and sickness prevailed for a bit.) That said, both Banned Book… Read more
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Dearly beloved, until today, I was unaware of National Word Nerd Day – however, it has delightfully come to my attention now and we simply must observe it here at the Autoimmune Hippie, home of one seriously geeky little word nerd – and her baby word nerd chiweenie too. 😂 We also have a gnarly… Read more
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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
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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
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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
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This week’s banned book – James Joyce’s Ulysses – has taken me a few weeks to slog through, with several breaks for books that I enjoy – and even a couple of breaks for other banned books. Even last week’s D.H. Lawrence gave me a period of respite – and that is really all we need… Read more
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Today, August 9th, is National Book Lovers Day – and goodness knows we love books here in the Hippie Hut. God bless my better half; he has now constructed two libraries for me – in addition to book stacks and bookshelves everywhere. No matter how high my book stacks get, he never complains; rather, he… Read more
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I am so very very off schedule – but this week’s late banned book Friday is two novels I would consider recent classics, frequently read in high school AP classes – both familiar to me – but, having read them many years ago, they were a difficult revisit – as they are intended to be.… Read more
