{"id":4227,"date":"2010-08-20T09:42:41","date_gmt":"2010-08-20T16:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=4227"},"modified":"2010-08-20T09:48:16","modified_gmt":"2010-08-20T16:48:16","slug":"banned-book-news-roundup-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=4227","title":{"rendered":"Banned Book News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"258\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4297\" style=\"margin: 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 258px;\" title=\"banned books robots\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/banned-books-robots.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/issuesadvocacy\/banned\/bannedbooksweek\/index.cfm?gclid=CKiI0c6syKMCFQ0_agodl0X5ug\" target=\"_blank\">Banned Books Week<\/a> is September 25-October 2, so mark your calendars.\u00a0 And in case you didn&#8217;t know, the American Library Association&#8217;s Office for Intellectual Freedom, sponsor of Banned Books Week, has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ALAOIF\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Planning to take your copy of <em>Mein Kampf <\/em>with you on your next trip to Toronto?\u00a0 Maybe you should <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/news\/canada\/2010\/07\/25\/14823671.html\" target=\"_blank\">rethink that<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Glenn Beck&#8217;s heterosexual minions <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoollibraryjournal.com\/slj\/home\/886066-312\/nj_library_citing_child_pornography.html.csp\" target=\"_blank\">strike a blow for censorship<\/a> in New Jersey . . . and the LGBT community <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxturtlebulletin.com\/2010\/08\/04\/24998\" target=\"_blank\">fights back<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve probably heard the phrase &#8220;banned in Boston.&#8221;\u00a0 Do you know what&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richardhowe.com\/2010\/08\/11\/more-on-books-banned-in-boston-by-neil-miller\/\" target=\"_blank\">behind it<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>An English teacher&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/midnightwriters.blogspot.com\/2010\/08\/banned-books-controversy-continues.html\" target=\"_blank\">thoughts on teaching banned books<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A mother&#8217;s complaint about <a href=\"http:\/\/robot6.comicbookresources.com\/2010\/07\/books-are-powerful\/\" target=\"_blank\">manga in public libraries<\/a> . . . and the library&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/robot6.comicbookresources.com\/2010\/08\/library-reorganized-to-shield-youth-from-harmful-comics\/\" target=\"_blank\">sensible response<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Childrens&#8217; author <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoollibraryjournal.com\/slj\/home\/886402-312\/ellen_hopkins_uninvited_to_lit.html.csp\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;disinvited&#8221; from Texas literary festival<\/a>, other authors withdraw in response.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ky3.com\/news\/local\/Stockton-School-Board-will-hold-public-hearing-on-Book-Ban-100875709.html\" target=\"_blank\">This article<\/a> about school library censorship in Missouri is not that interesting.\u00a0 But the reader comments will give you a chilling look into the minds of those who would control what we read.<\/p>\n<p>Ever hear the rumor about people trying to ban Where&#8217;s Waldo?\u00a0 Apparently it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.umsl.edu\/~munsr\/proddir\/current\/2005_10_17.htm\" target=\"_blank\">not a rumor<\/a>.\u00a0 And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/52819048@N00\/163205280\/\" target=\"_blank\">here&#8217;s why<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Banned Books Week is September 25-October 2, so mark your calendars.\u00a0 And in case you didn&#8217;t know, the American Library Association&#8217;s Office for Intellectual Freedom, sponsor of Banned Books Week, has a Facebook page. 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