In honor of Banned Books Week this week, and our little blog’s 1 year anniversary, we’ll be posting authors, editors and our own celebrations of books that lay claim to a little piece of ourselves. Coming up: Arthur Philips’ metaphorical bullet-proof vest.
We’ll also be posting links to a series of articles that articulate an ongoing conversation about the meaning and method of Banned Books Week itself.
Censor, by Eric Drooker
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These resources may also be of interest:
“American Library Association Shamed,” by Nat Hentoff, Laurel Leader-Call, 2 March 2007.
“Banned Books Week and the ALA,” by Dennis Ingolfsland, The Recliner Commentaries, 4 August 2009.
“‘Censors’ Are So Scary,” by Annoyed Librarian, Library Journal, 6 October 2008.
“Finding Censorship Where There Is None,” by Mitchell Muncy, Wall Street Journal, 24 September 2009, p.W13.
“National Hogwash Week,” as coined by Thomas Sowell. And this resource has a long, updated list of BBW-related articles.
“US Libraries Hit Back Over Challenges to Kids Books,” by Sara Hussein, Agence France-Presse [AFP], 6 September 2009.