... Illustrates Bitter Feud over Global Warming Now consider these writings on Banned Books Week: "Censorship Propaganda is Just ... the "censors" they denounce to decide what books are available in our communities, but this power is so familiar it's invisible. Why ... ;American Library Association Silent as Libraries Ban Books About Ex-Gays," by Wintery Knight, Wintery Knight, ...

... , now is available only for school staff to check out and use in class. Although I blog frequently about banned books, I don’t think it appropriate for me to engage in any public debate on this decision because the law ... ; and even the federal government — sought to restrict or ban comic books. And the art work certainly makes them more visibly graphic than a standard novel. Still, ...

Someone else has started a Banned Books Challenge, so check out Trisha's site that she calls Unlock Worlds.  Her site lists books challenged in the 1990s and shows links to reviews by bloggers under each book.  Hers is not indefinite, as ours is here, but ends in 2010.

The Top 20 banned or challenged books in the US during the 20th century. The ones I 've read are in bold. 1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 2. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 5. The Color Purple by Alice Walker 6. Ulysses by James Joyce 7. Beloved by Toni Morrison 8. The Lord ...

... of the most popular books were on this list. The titles children find most interesting are the very same books that parents and "concerned citizens" are claiming to be unsuitable for them to read. I was shocked as I read the list of challenged books while realizing that most challenges didn't even have realistic objection. I find it quite interesting how someone ...

-Poetry- There we spent our last hour devouring the pages of the banned book section, intermittently averting our gaze to the turpentine windows that afforded the sky a view of our skins. We ate bread dipped in salacious understanding and full we crawled into the canyon that lies atop every mountain, to grope jagged rocks and make the breeze uncomfortable enough to call our parents.

... She graciously invited me to come play in her yard, so in addition to posting my own banned book reviews here, I’ll be cross-posting there as well.  If you have an interest in banned books, and you’d like to hear other opinions than my own, please check out Bonnie&# ... all its faults, is a great, rewarding read. Read more banned book reviews and posts. © 2009, Paul&# ...

... examples of "foul language" and get it banned to all students in the SFSD. If you don't have any connection to Sioux ... Library Association is most involved in publicizing the lists of banned books, ALA is the one issuing the bans. ... minded people who don't understand that if they can demand that books they don't like be removed from the library, then there's nothing to stop ...

... the books you've read & liked or loved. Strike the books you've read but didn't enjoy. Italicise the books you want to read. 1. 1984: George Orwell 2. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The: Mark Twain 3. ... , A: Madeleine L'Engle (HOW CAN THIS BE BANNED??? HOW??? I know no book should ever be banned, BUT WTF COULD ANYONE POSSIBLY HAVE AGAINST A WRINKLE IN TIME???)

The Kirkland, WA library is having a show of altered banned juvenile lliterature. The library gave each artist a banned book to read, artfully alter- rendering it unreadable and asked the artists to make a statement about banned books.I was given The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky. I loved this book, it was heart breakingly sad, humorous and poignant. The main character, ...