Ellen Hopkins, an author of young adult fiction (who had an event cancelled a few days ago after a parent complained about her New York Times bestselling novels Crank and Glass) has written a poem addressed to :
... zealots and bigots and falseThe American Library Association has also produced this charming video to publicise Banned Books Week :
patriots who live in fear of discourse
You screamers and banners and burners
who would force books off shelves
in your brand of greater good.
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And one day all books will be the same. Have the same title and the same words inside of them, sanitised and safe for our children, but who, then, will save them from this book?
Funny, I just blogged about banned books just now.
Oh, and your Banned Books Week link can't be accessed without a little tweaking.
thanks Crankster. some extra code got added. fixed now.
geng,
gua nak ajak lu dtg lepak blg gua.Rilek rilek beb.
selambe..
At the same time, I believe there should be a rating for books. I should be protected from reading something that will make me wanna puke!
being made to puke is your right!
how would anyone know anyway what might trigger that response in you?
If movies and cds and computer games can have warnings, why not books?
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