Banned Books

Fifty Shades Of Grey Banned From Florida Libraries

Posted 05.08.2012

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The erotic novel "Fifty Shades of Grey" may have topped recent bestseller charts, but it's proven a little too hot for librarians in east central Flor...

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Why My Books Are The Most Challenged In America

Lauren Myracle | Posted 04.16.2012

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My books first appeared on the Naughty List in 2007, and that time, when I was given the news, I cried. But...surprise! I'm still here, and my books are still being banned, and guess what? Being an author of banned books is cool.

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'Hunger Games' Again On List Of Challenged Books

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 04.09.2012

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NEW YORK -- The more popular "The Hunger Games" trilogy becomes, the more reasons some parents and educators have found to question whether it belongs...

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'You Have Insulted Me, I Am A Good Citizen'

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.30.2012

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Drake High School in North Dakota made headlines in October of 1973 when school board members burned 32 copies of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughter-House Five...

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The Librotraficante Behind the Movement to Smuggle "Wetbooks" Back Into Arizona

Paula Beltrán | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Literature, Mexican-Americans, Hb 2281, Arizona, Librotraficante, Banned Books, Hispanic Heritage, Latino Politics, Latino Voices News

Diaz is behind theLibrotraficante movement, arguably the most creative of responses to the Tucson's School District's controversial decision.

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Author: My Book Was Banned In My Home Country

Chan Koonchung | Posted 04.07.2012

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Many features of the "1984" Big Brother state -- thought control, double-think, newspeak, fact distortion, memory mutability, wanton state repression and infallibility of the Party -- still ring true in present-day China.

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6 Surprising Banned Books

| Posted 02.03.2012

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By Daniel Lefferts for Bookish: James Joyce’s "Ulysses" turns 90 today. The nearly 800-page behemoth, long regarded as one of the best (and most ...

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The Most Dangerous Novels Of All Time

| Posted 01.30.2012

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By Emily Temple for Flavorwire: The decades-old controversy over Salman Rushdie’s "The Satanic Verses" has been in the news again recently follow...

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Prisoners Sue For Access To Books

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrew Losowsky | Posted 12.02.2011

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When Mark Melvin asked his friend to order him a Pulitzer Prize-winning history book, he didn't expect to have to file a lawsuit in order to read it. ...

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Why Being Banned Is A Privilege

Cecilia Galante | Posted 11.29.2011

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When I received the news that my first novel had been officially banned, I clapped my hands together once, as if catching a fly, and shouted. Being banned in this country is an honor.

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I Read My 5-Year-Old Banned Books & You Should, Too

Lisa Catherine Harper | Posted 11.29.2011

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It shouldn't matter what kids want to read. They should just read. If they want to spend half an hour doing MadLibs, or reading a sports magazine, or a comic book, or novel, or a fix-it book, or a book of jokes they should. It's all reading.

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Which Classic Children's Books Were Almost Banned?

American Library Association | Posted 11.28.2011

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There were 346 recorded attempts to remove materials from libraries in 2010, and more than 11,000 attempts recorded since OIF began compiling information on book challenges in 1990.

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INFOGRAPHIC: Ten Most Frequently Banned Books

Posted 11.22.2011

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To mark Banned Books Week (Sept 24-Oct 1), we've created an infographic to highlight the most banned or challenged books of last year. Click below to ...

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School Board Un-Bans Slaughter-House Five, Twenty Boy Summer With Restrictions

AP | Posted 11.21.2011

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By the Associated Press REPUBLIC, Mo. (AP) - Two months after removing two books from its curriculum and school library, a southwest Missouri schoo...

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Ten Books About Censorship For Kids & Teens

Rocco Staino | Posted 11.18.2011

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To help celebrate Banned Books Week I have compiled a list of 10 books that deal with censorship in various areas.

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More Book Banning: This Time Its 'Norweigan Wood'

Huffington Post | Lucas Kavner | Posted 10.25.2011

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In a month from now, multiple organizations nationwide will participate in "Banned Books Week," an annual event that celebrates first amendment rights...

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Kim Simac vs. Clarence Darrow: How Wisconsin Recalls and Miss USA Mirror Scopes Monkey Trial

Carolyn Bucior | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Monkey Trial, Miss USA, Tea Party, Kim Simac, Science Education, Michele Bachmann, Classroom Teaching, Creationism, John Scopes, Donald Trump, Substitute Teacher, Darwinism, Clarence Darrow, Wisconsin Recall, Banned Books, Intelligent Design, Evolution, Education News

Eighty-six years later, the debate over evolution continues, its central ideologies as old and thoughtful as Copernicus, as new and thoughtless as Simac and Michele Bachmann, as inert as rosary beads, as combustible as pure hydrogen.

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I'm With Meghan Cox Gurdon

Ru Freeman | Posted 08.21.2011

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As the parent of three avid readers, I agree with Meghan Cox Gurdon's point that what is considered "banning" in the book trade is known in the parenting world as doing our job.

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South Carolina Jail Bans All Books But Bible: Will Feds Step In?

csmonitor.com | Posted 06.14.2011

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The US Justice Department is asking a federal judge in South Carolina to allow it to intervene in a lawsuit against a sheriff who allegedly forbids pr...

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Libraries Have Become Major Job Resource Centers And Heroes Of Battling Censorship (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 06.11.2011

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It's National Library Week and The American Library Association has published its report on the State of American Libraries. Among the trends report...

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Bishops Urge Catholic Schools To Ban A Nun's Book

nytimes.com | LAURIE GOODSTEIN | Posted 06.04.2011

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A committee of American Roman Catholic bishops announced Wednesday that a popular book about God by Sister Elizabeth A. Johnson, a theologian at Fordh...

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'Push' Sapphire's Novel Pulled From South Carolina Schools After Parents Complain

News, Weather, Sports | Posted 05.25.2011

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After several complaints from parents, school leaders have pulled a national bestseller novel from middle schools shelves after determining it's conte...

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Those Who Ban Books Find Strength In Numbers

usatoday.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shortly after the fall semester began this year, Wesley Scroggins, a parent of three in Republic, Mo., publicly criticized the local school district f...

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World's Worst Books Job?

kansascity.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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According to government figures, there are about 7,000 publishing firms in Iran today. Even if only 1,000 of those publishers delivers five books a ye...

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Banned Books For Halloween

Jim Trombetta | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Comic Books, Banned by Congress, Banned Books for Halloween, Scary Books, Children's Books, Banned Books, Horror Comics, Halloween Books, R.L. Stine, Slidepollajax, Books News

In "The Horror! The Horror! Comic Books the Government Didn't Want You to Read!," I uncover over two hundred pre-Code horror and crime comics of the 1950s.

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