The week of September 23 to 30 opens another chapter in annual Banned Books Week.
All we can say is, "It's about time!" There are so many books being published (10,000 a year -- and that's just the fiction!), we can't keep up.
Following the list of taboo tomes offers us the opportunity to get rid of some books and writers we just can't stand. So, away with you, Ulysses! No one understands you, anyway.
Dr. Seuss: all that rhyming, what's the use?
Scary Stories in the Dark, Christine, and Cujo? Who wants to spend money to be scared?
How to Eat Fried Worms, James and the Giant Peach, and The Grapes of Wrath? These books are totally lacking in wholesome nutritional advice.
Where's Waldo? We'll tell you where he is: on the junkpile!
Goodness! This is exhausting! But
the price of liberty is eternal vigilance, and it's better to err on the side
of censorship than to find that someone's mind has been irreparably opened...
Right?
Suggested Sites...
- American Library Association: Banned Books Week - celebrating the right to read.
- Banned Books Online - books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship attempts, from Ulysses to Little Red Riding Hood.
- Top Ten Most Banned Books - find out who's been banned, and why.
- Comic Book Legal Defense Fund - comic books are books, too! Protecting the rights of graphic arts creators.
- The Onion: Nation's Teens Disappointed By Banned Books - they may have been banned, but they're not really dirty.
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