[bookshare-discuss] Re: banned books on bookshare
- From: "Francesca Marinaro" <poetprodigy7@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:26:13 -0400
There is a lot of controversy over banning books with magical content in
schools. I actually had dmy college fresshmen do a library reearch
assignment on that verey thing.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jill O'Connell [mailto:jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 5:29 PM
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Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: banned books on bookshare
James Joyce's Ulyses was banned for a number of years as was Tropic of
Cancer whose author escapes me at the moment. I don't know why Ulyses was
banned because no one could understand it without a sentence by sentence
interpretation. As for The Tropic of Cancer, yuck is all I can say!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elfqueen" <elfqueen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:24 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: banned books on bookshare
> Hi!
>
> I figure that's another part of what these lists are for, to get and give
> book recommendations. I'm not exactly sure what you're tlaking about, but
> I do know The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck was banned all over the
> place at one time because it was supposedly too controversial. That's on
> bookshare.
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> From: "susan l. gerhart" <slger123@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:17 PM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] banned books on bookshare
>
>
>
> Hi, all you story-tellers. as a relatively new kid on the visually
> impaired
> block, I get a kick out of the discussions. and love the dectalk
> entertainment.
>
>
> My local AAUW book club is doing banned books in september. I found a
> list of
> ALA "most challenged" books but I'm not sure these qualified as "banned".
> where can I find a good list of books that were banned bit time,and a good
> story behind the banning?
>
>
>
> I feel like I'm asking the list to do my home work, guess that's what is
> happening. I'll be glad to assemble a web page of banned books and their
> stories, if not already available.
>
>
> I'm a novice scanner, was thrilled to have my 3rd book accepted recently.
> You
> beterans inspire me.
>
>
> susan gerhart
> blog at http://asyourworldchanges.wordpress.com
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