I couldn’t stop myself…the title of this blog came from a woman’s shirt I saw on Saturday at the National Book Fest in Washinton, DC. I thought it was perfect!
So, it’s officially banned books week. I won’t go all preachy on you, since I kind of already did that in my old post, Censorship Blows, but I wanted to bring it your attention.
Read author/poet Ellen Hopkins’ brilliant Banned Books Week Manifesto: http://bannedbooksweek.org/BBWManifesto.pdf
Watch a couple of videos, including the one I posted on aforementioned post:
I Am Not a Pornographer (John Green):
Fear of a Pink Jacket: Censorship in Florida (Maureen Johnson):
That’s all for now, but I will be back later in the week with more videos, articles and other things related to censorship and Banned Books Week.
Also, New York Times Best-Selling YA author LIBBA BRAY will be stopping by the Paperbag Writer on her blog tour for her new novel Going Bovine! Stay tuned! I’m probably more excited than you are!
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