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Banned Books Week wrapup

With today being the last day of Banned Books Week, I thought it worthwhile to wrap things up with a look at how it was viewed by others, both in the blogosphere and the mainstream press.

An op-ed in the Wall Street Journal as Banned Books Week kicked off took a dim view of it, […]

Tim October 3rd, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: A Reading Life | Comments are closed | |

Banned Books Week: Recognizing it is far worse elsewhere

As much as I agitate about book banning in the U.S., it would be utterly foolish not to recognize how fortunate we Americans are. It generally isn’t the government censoring books so that they never see the light of day. As we’ve seen, when efforts are made to ban or remove books, procedures are usually […]

Tim October 2nd, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: A Reading Life | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) | |

Banned Books Week: Handling book challenges in the schools

More than any other institution, schools are the focus of challenges to books, whether because of required reading in a course or simply because a certain book is available in the library. The Sioux Falls School District has specific procedures in place to address challenges if they arise. While the procedures differ somewhat depending upon […]

Tim October 1st, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: A Reading Life | One comment - (Comments are closed) | |

Banned Books Week: Handling book challenges at the library

Although South Dakota doesn’t appear to have faced any book challenges recently, the same source indicates 70 to 80 percent of challenges are never reported. As part of Banned Books Week, I think it’s important to know how the institutions in your community would deal with a challenge should it arise. Today, I’ll take a […]

Tim September 30th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: A Reading Life | Comments are closed | |

Banned Books Week: Giving students the freedom to read

One of the organizations on the front lines of book challenges is The Kids’ Right to Read Project, a collaboration between the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression and the National Coalition Against Censorship. It is stunning to me not only some of the books it has joined the battle over, but the reasons advanced […]

Tim September 29th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: A Reading Life | Comments are closed | |
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