Here, fresh from the interwebs, a roundup of book banning stories and news:
- Guaranteed to stir up the book banners: books about Teh Gay in school libraries.
- What can’t you read in prison? Lots, apparently.
- And maybe there are some books you shouldn’t be able to read in prison, or even on the outside.
- That book-banning mom in Wisconsin is still at it.
- Speaking of moms, here’s another one trying the check-’em-out-but-don’t-return-’em trick.
- Official double-talk about why a school district is trying to ban Harry Potter books.
- Uplifting blog entry about a banned book that’s being made into a movie.
- Best obituary you’ll read all year: Robert Tralins, banned & bordello book author.
- An oldie but a goodie: The Onion on teenagers & banned books.
- Finally, from xkcd, a serious look at the looming threat of e-book censorship:
