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Banned Books Week YAY!

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Library board rejects restrictions - JSOnline
Source: www.jsonline.com
The Library Board on Tuesday night unanimously rejected efforts by a local citizen group to restrict access of young adults to books depicting sex among teenagers or those describing teenage homosexual relationships.
June 3 at 8:37am
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Steve
Steve at 6:45pm June 5
It's ironic... "Huck Finn" is one of the most profound books against racism ever, in addition (in Hemingway's opinion, and mine) THE great American novel. People's minds can work on such a superficial level.
Matt
Matt at 10:34pm July 3
Can you imagine Thomas Jefferson ever agreeing to a book banning,, not likely,,, the people in history who have been most successful at banning books have had funny mustaches,, or worn red stars on their clothes
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Banned Books Week A couple of new cases this week: Paint Me Like I Am, in Vineland, N.J,: http://www.thedailyjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/200905180405/NEWS01/905180322 And, Song of Solomon in Muskegon, MI: http://www.mlive.com/news/chronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-16/124255531264970.xml&coll=8

May 19 at 6:36am
John
John at 10:19pm May 24
There really needs to be an alternative to the "Like" button.
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Banned Books Week For those of you in the Milwaukee area, get out and support West Bend Library: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=91830031755

Read-In at West Bend Community Memorial Library
Show your support for the library, library board, and banned books everywhere
Location:West Bend
Time:3:00PM Friday, May 29th
May 15 at 9:52am
Jay
Jay at 4:39pm May 15
Fahrenheit 451 anyone? The Federal Government should stick to what it does best (whatever the hell that is) and leave decisions on what to read, in the people who will choose the books.
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Banned Books Week Two groups - the West Bend Parents for Free Speech and the West Bend Citizens for Safe Libraries - are vying for signatures on two opposing petitions. Follow the fight - and catch up on its history - on either blog. http://westbendparentsforfreespeech.webs.com/apps/blog/ http://wissup.blogspot.com/

April 27 at 12:00pm
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Ian
Ian at 9:02pm May 13
Parents should be the ones deciding what their children read, not the Feds. Legislating what is or is not to be read creates an allure of forbidden material that redoubles the efforts of those thirsty for knowledge.
Kasey
Kasey at 12:01pm June 3
Huh? Do you mean children aren't the property of their parents? If so, they very early are according to the law of the land. I do agree that the government should leave restricting reading to parents, not limiting the information allowed to anyone.
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Banned Books Week Developing story in West Bend, WI: http://www.gmtoday.com/news/local_stories/2009/April_09/04092009_03.asp

April 15 at 12:55pm
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Banned Books Week Good news.

Board: Book OK in school | wausaudailyherald.com | Wausau Daily Herald
Source: www.wausaudailyherald.com
The Wausau School Board voted 7-2 Monday to keep a book in the John Muir Middle School library after a parent asked that it be removed because of sexually explicit content.
April 15 at 11:48am
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Ruth
Ruth at 8:45am April 23
I for one am appalled at the thought of banning books. as someone said above it is real life the author is trying to capture. With the growing rate of teen pregnancy and the outstanding numbers of preteens and teens coming into the ER for help with STDs these days taking books like this away and not sitting down to talk to them about the true ... Read Moreissues is saying there is no problem to begin with. People are blinded when it comes to there children, I have three daughters myself and I am so scared to allow them out into the 'real' world. As another said in the remarks below one of the articles who is that one mother and a board to tell my children what is and isn't up to their levels of understandings. Education is so important and the lack there of is why this is even an issue.
Ron
Ron at 11:54am April 23
What I find frightening about this, and I do mean frightening in the sense it scares the crap out of me, is that the books are just the tip of the iceberg. What we have here is the restriction of thought, of ideas, the banning of divergent opinions and ideologies. Groups of individuals with very specific agendas, whether they are religious, ... Read Moreideology based, or a combination of the two, are seeking to control what you can think, say, agree or disagree with.

Think about other instances in history when information was controlled and only that information that was deemed "Acceptable" by the controlling group was disseminated. Spain during the Inquisition under the Catholic Church, Russia under Marx and Lennon, Germany under the Nazi party. Is that really a road we, as a society want to risk heading down?
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Banned Books Week There are so many obits and editorials about Judith, but this one has my favorite photo of her so far, so it wins.

Judith F. Krug dies at 69; advocate for librarians battled censorship - Los Angeles Times
Source: www.latimes.com
Judith Krug was director of the American Library Assn.'s Office for Intellectual Freedom since its founding in 1967. She believed that everything legal should be available at libraries.
April 15 at 11:43am
Catharine
Catharine at 1:45pm April 15
Yes, beautiful photo and nice obituary, but being the subject of an appreciation on the New York Times editorial page is impressive:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/opinion/15wed4.html?ref=opinion
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ALA | Judith Krug: In Memoriam
Source: www.ftrf.org
Judith Fingeret Krug, 69 passed away April 11, 2009 at Evanston Hospital. Advisor, author and public servant, she was a remarkable leader in the struggle to educate the public concerning the right to the free expression of ideas. Judy was an inspiration to all who knew her.
April 13 at 10:22am
Kathleen
Kathleen at 10:42am April 13
She was a pioneer and an inspiration.
Michael
Michael at 10:52am April 13
A sad loss to the community.
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Banned Books Week Our Assistant Director, Angela Maycock, shot up to the suburbs a couple of weeks ago to talk to some 8th graders about intellectual freedom and censorship. Here's a write-up on the event in the Northbrook Local Tribune: http://www.triblocal.com/northbrook/Detail_View/view.html?type=stories&action=detail&sub_id=58544 Angela is, in fact, the coolest.

April 7 at 8:06am
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Banned Books Week http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14632.html Spiderman comic challenge in Omaha, Nebraska.

March 30 at 10:13am
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Joshua
Joshua at 10:21am April 3
It's interesting to me that Marvel Comics rated the book 12+. This would imply that the book shouldn't have been available to a 2nd grader. I know people will jump all over this, but good parents/good librarians should take this into consideration. I don't know all the particulars in this case, but it has been my experience that most librarians, and a large chunk of parents, don't read or examine the books before children read them.
Krystin
Krystin at 8:06pm April 13
I remember that book, Mary Ellen. I can't remember the name, but I checked it out from my junior high school library. I remember the librarian telling me that the writing style might be too young for me.

I can't believe the uproar people get into over the tiniest things...so MJ is in a bikini, I bet most kids will see their own family members and friends in them during the summer. Summer commercials are full of women in bikinis on beaches.
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Banned Books Week Check it out: http://www.privacyrevolution.org/ More content added each day!

March 27 at 1:19pm
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Banned Books Week is following the Office for Intellectual Freedom on Twitter. http://twitter.com/oif

March 11 at 10:32am
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Banned Books Week Bless Me, Ultima Removed!

The Modesto Bee | Board upholds novel's removal
Source: www.modbee.com
NEWMAN -- With little discussion, school district trustees voted 4-1 on Monday night to uphold the removal of "Bless Me, Ultima" from Orestimba High School's English classes. The decision ends a monthslong dispute about ba...
February 3 at 8:29am
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January 20 at 7:14am
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Banned Books Week It is a pet peeve, for sure, but, there is very little that drives me more crazy than an educator suggesting that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is somehow inappropriate. There are very few books that speak so powerfully AGAINST racism and slavery than this one.

Sigh.

Teacher wants to expel Huck Finn - Los Angeles Times
Source: www.latimes.com
The use of Mark Twain books in school is under scrutiny over the author's use of a derogatory term for African Americans.
January 20 at 7:13am
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Ralph
Ralph at 6:46pm April 2
In his Lincoln Portrait, Aaron Copland, the narrator speaks the words of the 16th president: "Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history." Our history has had Jim Crow, slavery, abolition. And we have a federal Attorney General, due in part to the activities during the Grant administration of the KKK. To censor Huck Finn is to deny our history.
Ruth
Ruth at 8:53am April 23
Oi they tried to ban these books when I was in school too due to the same reasons. If they were to ban the books they would have to ban just about all of our history due to the fact that all books have used PC words since the civil rights acts. Why I will never know why people can't just accept that they are books written in a different time. I am... Read More sure there are books out there that have all sorts of race remarks about every different background are we going to find them all and ban all of them... What's next burning books?
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Banned Books Week An editorial on the continuing fight over "Bless Me, Ultima."

Book fiasco became soap opera for no good reason
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January 20 at 7:08am
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The Freedom to Read Foundation Believes in Myracles
During the American Library Association's Midwinter Meeting in Denver, the Freedom to Read Foundation is hosting an author event, featuring the incomparable Lauren Myracle. Her books have been subject to numerous challenges, and she appeared at the 2008 Chicago Banned Books Read-Out...
December 29, 2008 at 9:14am
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We win!
Two good things happened this week: Tango Stays on Shelves 26 (!) Books Returned to Shelves in Idaho
December 16, 2008 at 2:05pm
Lori
Lori at 2:45pm December 18, 2008
I love And Tango Makes Three
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Irony
The Grapes of Wrath was taken off the shelves in the same county it made famous. Wrath for Wrath
December 8, 2008 at 8:52am
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We've Been Away So Long
Sorry for the long delay in posts; there have been *plenty* of news stories, but I haven't been updating. Here are a few links to make up for it, with the promise of more coming. Kite Runner Out of English Class ...
October 28, 2008 at 11:52am
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When in Toledo
Here's what Toledo, Ohio is up to for BBW: Banned Books Week Vigil
September 15, 2008 at 10:58am
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Gay Sex Fight Moves to Montana
It may not be scientific, but the fact is, when a book gets challeged in one city, it's not uncommon for other city libraries in the area to face similar challenges. To wit: Joy of Gay Sex Challenged in Helena, MT
September 15, 2008 at 10:54am
Alana
Alana at 6:17pm October 6, 2008
I don't think this book should be removed but any book about sex with explicit pictures should not be promoted out where children can easily access. There should be a "New Gay Books" or "New Sex Books" area for those interested in those topics. Having a book like this on the "New Books" shelf is disregarding the right parents have to teach their children about sex in their own manner and in their own time and through their own belief system.
Nicole
Nicole at 6:33pm April 1
I don't particularly see anything wrong with this book being in plain view. Sex is a fact of life, after all; heck, when I was six, my mother regularly explained the mechanics of it to me.
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Banned Books Week http://www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=talkbackCommentsFull&talk_back_header_id=6554706&articleid=CA6594759

This is a good one, folks.

September 11, 2008 at 9:38am · Report
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September 10, 2008 at 10:48am · Report
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Idaho Gets Its Joy Back
The Nampa Public Library in Idaho has been fighting to keep The Joy of Gay Sex on its shelves for three long years. Nampa Wins! Here's to Idaho!
September 9, 2008 at 8:54am
Jen
Jen at 9:34am September 10, 2008
This is very random, but I had a good friend in my Master's Program from Boise, Idaho. He pronounced Boise much differently than I (and most Americans). We all pronounce it Boys-ee, while Idahoans pronounce with less emphasis on the "Boys" part. He explained - and who knows if this is true or not - that during the 1940s and so, Boise had a huge population of gay men, that were subsequently driven out of town. So, people started really emphasizing the Boys in Boise.

Anyhow, weird tidbit.
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