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Slave Trade Ledger, from the Special Collections at Wofford College, used under Creative Commons license Number four on the American Library Association’s list of Banned and Challenged Classics is Beloved by Toni Morrison, a book that fearlessly plumbs a question that most Americans don’t want to think about: “What does being a slave do [...] Charged Vessel by Tracey Holland, http://www.flickr.com/photos/traceyholland/, used under Creative Commons license This week is Banned Books Week, a week to celebrate and advocate intellectual freedom. On the American Library Association’s list of Banned and/or Challenged Books are several that are some of my favorite novels. I was surprised to see that The Great Gatsby [...] "Not quite Sophie Beer" by Dan Foy, www.flickr.com/photos/orangeacid/, used under Creative Commons License Via the New York Times Paper Cuts blog, I found “Bad Books for Kids,” an essay on young adult fiction by David Mills, first published in Touchstone, a Christian magazine. Mills expresses his shock at what he calls “commercial depravity” in [...] “… We should not grieve, should we, baby?” said Celia confidentially to that unconscious centre and poise of the world, who had the most remarkable fists all complete even to the nails, and hair enough, really, when you took his cap off, to make — you didn’t know what: — in short, he was [...] I have anxiety issues. My mind finds potential problems and obsesses over them. When I was in grad school, I would close my eyes at night with a roar in my ears, thoughts of reading and essays creating a wash of mental sound that kept me awake at night and made my eyes twitch in [...] |
My Opium Den
After some thinking, I realized why I didn't finish this book (even as I racked up late fees from the library): I found the subject matter, the history of the region of England called Sunderland, interesting, but there was nothing about the...
Lovely art by Camilla D'Errico (who should be listed as a co-author) provide mood and texture for this story of a troubled young girl whose fantasy life becomes a bit too real when she visits a website called Make5wishes.com. The authors ar...
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