Huckleberry Finn is one of those books that keeps on landing on the banned book lists. At first it was protested because of the friendship between a white boy and a black boy. It was too progressive. Now it gets banned for the opposite reason. It is too old fashioned and uses terms that were … Read more
As a follow up and final post from this year’s banned books week I offer you this article from Rawstory I’m a librarian who banned a book — here’s why. “In the library world, access to information is a human right, not to be tampered with or controlled in any way.” You may not realize … Read more
Slate recently ran a piece with the hyperbolic title Banned Books Week Is a Crock. While it seems pretty obvious that the author is trying to get some attention by whacking a hornets nest, it is also pretty obvious that she is missing the point. I feel blessed to live in a country where there … Read more
Reading = Thinking Your Thoughts = Your Voice = Your Freedom Keep your voice free. Read a banned book, read any book. Here is the American Library Association’s 2014 list of topped banned books And the list of classic top 100 novels and the reasons why they were challenged in the United States