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Book bans serve nothing more than to disenfranchise vulnerable people, both socially and politically. Supporting the freedom to read is at the core of Electric Literature’s mission to keep literature exciting, relevant, and inclusive, and by partnering with Banned Books USA, we will help preserve...
Book burning is the practice of ceremoniously destroying by fire one or more copies of a book or otherwritten material. In modern times other forms ofmedia, such asgramophone records,CDsandvideo tapes, have also been ceremoniously burned or shredded. The practice, often carried out publicly, is...
” While “Brave New World” might be arguably the most classic piece of literature on this year’s list, it failed to collect the most complaints. Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson’s award-winning 2005 children’s book about two male penguins and their adopted chick, "And Tango Makes ...
In a starred review,Booklistspares no words in describingSoldfor what it is: “An unforgettable account of sexual slavery as it exists now.” In it, author Patricia McCormick follows the story of Lakshmi, a 13-year-old girl from a poor village in Nepal, who is sold into prostitution when...
In many ways this is typical. “The banned books lists you’ll find in many libraries and bookstores,” writes John Mark Ockerbloomat Everybody’s Libraries, “doesn’t [sic] focus much on the political samizdat, security exposés, or portrayal...
Yes, this is a coloring book, so maybe it’s not exactly like everything else on this list, but who cares? Have you no sense of fun!? Brought to you from the mind of Life of Agony bassist Alan Robert, these lovingly horrifying creatures can only be brought to life by you and a ...
BFL Bakersfield, CA, USA - Meadows Field (Airport Code) BFL Business/Foreign Language (various organizations) BFL Barbados Farms Ltd. BFL Big Fat Lotto (lottery) BFL Brain Functions Laboratory (Japan) BFL Brigade Française Libre (French: Free French Brigade) BFL Banned for Life BFL Break For...
Yes, this is a coloring book, so maybe it’s not exactly like everything else on this list, but who cares? Have you no sense of fun!? Brought to you from the mind of Life of Agony bassist Alan Robert, these lovingly horrifying creatures can only be brought to life by you and a ...
The book 1984, being about suppression of information itself, was banned in the USSR for being anti-communist, but it also was banned in the USA for being pro-communist. Is there any analysis where this apparent contradiction is explained?