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  • Librotraficantes Declare Victory; Remain Vigilant


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    Authors Tony Diaz and Dagoberto Gilb. (Photo by Liana Lopez) I want to congratulate my sisters and brothers in the cause, Librotraficante led by author Tony Diaz , on their victory against the anti-Ethnic Studies bills filed by Patrick and Capriliogne. Here’s a press release of a victory event held earlier ...
    1 week ago
  • Armchair Travel: The Middle East


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    One great way to recover from your first half-marathon is to sit on the couch and catch up on all the wonderful books you’ve got checked out on your library card. Lately I’ve been dabbling in non-Western literature, and–with the help of this wonderful list from the Tacoma Public Library –familiarizing ...
    1 week ago
  • OPINION: "The Diary of Anne Frank" is not inappropriate, but rather realistic and relatable


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    This statue by Mari Andriessen stands before the Westerkerk in Amsterdam (photo courtesy of tiseb/Flickr). Anne Frank seems to be making a lot of headlines recently, but for all the wrong reasons. Initially, her name popped up in the press when Justin Bieber visited the Anne Frank home in ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Amazon may consider your books porn


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    It seems there is always something or someone trying to persecute those who write or enjoy reading (or both) erotic romance. Lately, all the buzz is about Amazon and their new search "feature." Apparently, when you do an "All Department Search" erotica is being filtered out. Right off the bat I can tell you that is ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Bookmans brings ‘Big Brother’ to Banned Books on Film series


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    When George Orwell’s novel, 1984 , was first published in 1949, the story was set 35 years into the future. Now the year 1984 is 29 years in our past and it’s been 64 years since the book was first released. But in today’s world with the government eavesdropping on our emails and wire-tapping our telephone ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Banned Book Trading Card Project


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    In order to highlight Banned Books Week last September, the Lawrence Public Library in Lawrence, Kansas, solicited submissions from local artists that focused on banned books. It selected seven of those submissions and created this awesome set of Banned Book Trading Cards . The back of each card includes details on ...
    4 weeks ago
  • Banned Books: The Huff Post sequel


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    It seems that the Huffington Post are stealing my article ideas. Only three days after my article lamenting censorship of books, they do an article on the 2013 Banned Books campaign (September 22-28th). Now I’m not bitter, in fact, I’m currently covered in orange sherbet. So this follow-up article is to ...
    4 weeks ago
  • The Top Ten Challenged Books of 2012


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    Thanks to Jason Boog at GalleyCat for alerting me to this article from the American Library Association which, among other things, lists the top ten ‘challenged’ (aka ‘banned’) books of 2012. Here they are: • Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey • “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time ...
    4 weeks ago
  • Cool Shit 4/17


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    If youre looking for some adventure, and really dont mind not coming back, you could sign up to go to Mars. New trailer for the upcoming Superman movie... Cool video showing how simple light changes can affect a persons appearance. While I dont think this will help you understand it better, this graphic ...
    4 weeks ago

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