Don't forget to participate in "Banned Books Week" Sept 30 - Oct 6

Plot Device · Sep 28, 2012

Read a banned book or two.

http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek

Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Freedom to Read

... The books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted with removal or restrictions in libraries and schools. While books have been and continue to be banned, part of the Banned Books Week celebration is the fact that, in a majority of cases, the books have remained available. This happens only thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, students, and community members who stand up and speak out for the freedom to read....

Nekko · Sep 28, 2012

Thanks for the heads up!

muravyets · Sep 28, 2012

I may be too subversive. My first impulsive reaction to the OP was to run out and ban a book.

But yeah, definitely, one of my favorite weeks. I think I'll make time to engage in the radical and subversive action of visiting a local independent brick-and-mortar bookseller.

Nekko · Sep 29, 2012

muravyets said:
I think I'll make time to engage in the radical and subversive action of visiting a local independent brick-and-mortar bookseller.

Heavens to Betsy! An actual book, from a store not owned by B&N or Amazon! Say it isn't so!

regdog · Sep 29, 2012

I've already read a great number of the books on that list and many of them when I was in high school. So does that mean I've always been a subversive or I was indoctrinated by public education?

RichardGarfinkle · Sep 29, 2012

regdog said:
I've already read a great number of the books on that list and many of them when I was in high school. So does that mean I've always been a subversive or I was indoctrinated by public education?

It means that a good public education is subversive.

And vice-subversa.

crunchyblanket · Sep 29, 2012

I'm amazed at some of the books on that list. Why on earth would Of Mice And Men be banned by anyone?

muravyets · Sep 29, 2012

Nekko said:
Heavens to Betsy! An actual book, from a store not owned by B&N or Amazon! Say it isn't so!

I'm a radical, dammit. Man the ramparts!

Don't forget to participate in "Banned Books Week" Sept 30 - Oct 6

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