You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review Lookback: Beloved

You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post featuring banned book reviews and news roundups. YCRT! News Roundup Japanese town puts up a replica of Michelangelo’s “David,” residents demand pants. Remember that guy who got Americans and Congress all worked up over comic books back in the 1950s? Turns out his “research” was bogus. Yakima, Washington area […]

You Can’t Read That!

You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post featuring news about banned and challenged books. Apparently the problem some Americans have with Huckleberry Finn affects Belgians as well.  They were actually going to ban a Tintin book written in 1931 on grounds of racism … thankfully, a court has intervened. The manager of a Michigan […]