Earlier this month, Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres was banned from the Iowa City Schools. Smiley is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 17 novels, two collections of short fiction, five nonfiction books, and eight books for young adults. She spoke to The Little Hawk, the student newspaper of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-12-19 09:59:29 UTC ]
An author whose YA novel is getting banned across the country responds to the outrage. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2021-12-13 20:06:19 UTC ]
If you have a spare 35 grand or so, you now have a shot at a rare copy of the first book banned in America. Christie’s Auction House in New York recently announced that it will be auctioning a copy of New Canaan by Thomas Morton, a 1637 political satire that caused outrage among New […] The post... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2019-10-03 11:00:38 UTC ]