Banned Book Review: A Prayer for Owen Meany

When I started my banned books project in September, I didn’t realize that other people have done similar things.  Searching the web for information on why John Irving’s novel A Prayer for Owen Meany (review below) has been challenged so many times, I stumbled upon a very nice site called Banned Books. Bonnie, the proprietor […]

Banned Book Review: Uncle Tom’s Cabin

When Abraham Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe, he reportedly said “So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.” It’s impossible to overstate the impact Uncle Tom’s Cabin had on mid-19th Century America, indeed the world. Lincoln was dead on. Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a barn-burner, even today. What a […]

Goin’ All Activist (Updated)

Update (11/19/09): more than two months with no response.  Time to ramp it up a notch: The Honorable Gabrielle Giffords                       November 19, 2009 U.S. House of Representatives 1728 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Congresswoman Giffords, I mailed the attached letter to the US Air Force Chief of Staff on September 16, 2009 […]