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Horn Book Editor Roger Sutton Warns:

readroger.hbook.com | Roger Sutton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Following last Saturday's colloquium at Simmons, I had an interesting dinner conversation with Megan Whalen Turner and Virginia Duncan about the Speak...

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Debate Over Controversial Rape Novel Heats Up

guardian.co.uk | Alison Flood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judy Blume and fellow authors and readers have rallied behind Laurie Halse Anderson's acclaimed young adult novel about the rape of a teenager, "Speak...

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Banned Books Week Should Thank Twitter

The New York Times | LELA MOORE | Posted 05.25.2011

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For an event like this, it never hurts to have a cause célèbre, and this year, organizers needn't have gone very far in search of one. They just had...

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Banned Books

The New York Times | AMANDA CHRISTY BROWN and HOLLY EPSTEIN OJALVO | Posted 05.25.2011

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Held annually during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of intellectual freedom and draws attention to the harms of...

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Young Adult Novels Called 'Soft Porn'

Sammy Perlmutter | Posted 05.25.2011

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An associate professor attacked the reading list of a Missouri public school district this weekend, calling three books "soft pornography." The profes...

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