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We Bet You Didn’t Know These 20 Famous Books Were Banned Back In The Day
scoopwhoop.com - Rishita Roy Chowdhury
"Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance." - Laurie Halse Anderson Great books have always influenced the world and great authors …
Comstock
The Best of Banned Books
granta.com - Luke
On 3 March 1873, the Comstock Act was passed by the United States Congress, making it illegal to send any ‘obscene, lewd, or lascivious’ books …
Black Lives Matter
'Beckett 5' at the Odyssey: five plays, two hours, one sinister ending
Los Angeles Times - By Charles McNulty
Just as the short stories in collections by Anton Chekhov, Flannery O'Connor, Grace Paley and Alice Munro are meant to be savored one small masterpiece at a time and not gobbled up indiscriminately like
10 Books That Are More Political Than You Think
Bustle - Charlotte Ahlin
Most of the time, political allegories aren't all that hard to spot. I mean, we all know that the book Animal Farm isn't just about animals who live …
Fake news is thriving — but history shows it's nothing new
International Business Times (GB) - James Bloodworth
Fake news abounded in George Orwell's time just as it did as far back as you wish to look. I remember sitting in a lecture hall at university almost …
Margaret Atwood brings her prescient tales to the small screen
The Globe and Mail - MARTIN KNELMAN
Margaret Atwood has attended countless book-world events during her literary career, but last week she brought her star power to a fête for the film world – the annual gala of the Toronto Film Critics
Depression
Depressed People Cannot Imagine This Special Thing - PsyBlog
spring.org.uk
• Tweet • Share 0 • Pocket • Pinterest 0 • LinkedIn 0 • Email Around one in ten people will suffer from major depression at some point in their lives. People who are …
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thetimes.co.uk - The Times & The Sunday Times
NBCC Reads Resistance Lit: Ron Smith on Arthur Miller’s The Crucible - Critical Mass Blog
bookcritics.org
by Ron Smith | Jan-10-2017 What's your favorite work of resistance literature? That's the question that launches this year's NBCC Reads series, which …
Getting old can be hard to bear sometimes, especially when you experience short-term memory loss.
Cat Giordano
https://niume.com/post/219468
Act Now And You Can Write In Mark Twain’s Library For Only $50
UPROXX - Christopher Osburn
It’s almost an understatement to say that Mark Twain is one of the greatest writers in American history. Born Samuel Clemens in Florida, Missouri, the man who would go by the pen name Mark Twain, was for
Stalked, patronised, dismissed: On being a woman writer in Pakistan (it’s often the same in India)
scroll.in - Shazaf Fatima Haider
Three years ago I was invited to discuss my novel on arranged marriages at a cultural centre in Karachi. In the crowd was a middle aged gentleman …
Entertainment - MarketWatch
HeatStreet
The future ex-wife of the Amazon is set to become the richest woman in history, surpassing Oprah and the Queen of England. Jan. 12, 2019 at 6:48 p.m. …
On eve of Costa awards, experts warn that top books prizes are harming fiction
The Guardian - Danuta Kean
The dominance of three honours in the UK can be prohibitively expensive for small publishers, and end up discouraging risk-taking on ‘difficult’ authors Cutting-edge British literary fiction risks being
Why I Lack Trust Today
tru.works - Yessenia Diaz
How to keep a reading journal
sarahditum.com - Sarah Ditum
In August 2014, my husband gave me a black Moleskine that launched a continuous habit of notebook-keeping. It started as a general mix of ideas, …
Special edition of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf becomes bestseller in Germany
International Business Times (GB) - Sofia Lotto Persio
The copyright on the book expired in 2015, making the text public domain. A new edition of Mein Kampf, the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler's political, …
Fake News
Margaret Atwood Cautions America Against 'Dictators Of Any Kind'
HuffPost - Maddie Crum
"The Handmaid’s Tale" author is worried about fake news and cyberbullying. Margaret Atwood knows about political tumult. Over 30 years ago, she wrote a classic book about a society’s quick slide into woman-oppressing
Korean War
What to read after 'A Man Called Ove'
bookpage.com - Trisha, Managing Editor
If you fell for Ove, we think these books featuring elderly heroes might have a shot at winning your heart. Read More
Libraries
Controversial Mein Kampf Reprint Becomes German Bestseller
Signature - Tom Blunt
Germany withheld Adolf Hitler’s notorious memoir Mein Kampf from print for as long as legally possible, intent on keeping the dictator’s horrific legacy from maintaining a foothold in its post-war society.
Fish
Banned, burned, or simply life changing: what are the best dangerous books?
The Guardian - Emily Drabble
Authors including Patrick Ness, Melvin Burgess, Tanya Landman, Louise O’Neill, Bali Rai, Candy Gourlay, James Dawson and Leigh Bardugo share the books they probably weren’t meant to read that either rocked
The 3 Banned Books That Have Immeasurably Shaped My Life
Unbound Worlds - Shawn Speakman
“It was a pleasure to burn.” Even now, when I read it, the first sentence of Fahrenheit 451 gives rise to goosebumps. No one sentence from any novel …
Stephen King
4 banned books from around the world you should absolutely read
matadornetwork.com - Matt Hershberger
I WAS ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD, and I had discovered my Dad’s tattered old copy of Stephen King’s truly terrifying vampire book, ‘Salem’s Lot. I was hooked …
'Iraq + 100' Is Painful, But Don't Look Away
NPR - Amal El-Mohtar
Cool, they flee war zones, but the problem ain't ours Even if our bombs landed on them like the Mayflower -- Riz MC, "Immigrants," Hamilton Mixtape In a just world, every single person who was in favor
Reading Racism: Don't Let Books Become Victims of Our Discourse on Race
The Root - Fatima Shaik

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We Bet You Didn’t Know These 20 Famous Books Were Banned Back In The Day

The Best of Banned Books

'Beckett 5' at the Odyssey: five plays, two hours, one sinister ending

10 Books That Are More Political Than You Think

Fake news is thriving — but history shows it's nothing new

Margaret Atwood brings her prescient tales to the small screen

Depressed People Cannot Imagine This Special Thing - PsyBlog

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NBCC Reads Resistance Lit: Ron Smith on Arthur Miller’s The Crucible - Critical Mass Blog

Getting old can be hard to bear sometimes, especially when you experience short-term memory loss.

Act Now And You Can Write In Mark Twain’s Library For Only $50

Stalked, patronised, dismissed: On being a woman writer in Pakistan (it’s often the same in India)

Entertainment - MarketWatch

On eve of Costa awards, experts warn that top books prizes are harming fiction

Why I Lack Trust Today

How to keep a reading journal

Special edition of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf becomes bestseller in Germany

Margaret Atwood Cautions America Against 'Dictators Of Any Kind'

What to read after 'A Man Called Ove'

Controversial Mein Kampf Reprint Becomes German Bestseller

Banned, burned, or simply life changing: what are the best dangerous books?

The 3 Banned Books That Have Immeasurably Shaped My Life

4 banned books from around the world you should absolutely read

'Iraq + 100' Is Painful, But Don't Look Away

Reading Racism: Don't Let Books Become Victims of Our Discourse on Race