Banned Books Awareness: “East of Eden”

February 23, 2014 R. Wolf Baldassarro 2

John Steinbeck is synonymous with American literature. He’s considered one of- if not the– greatest author of the 20th century. His novels are considered classics and taught from grade school through university graduate courses here and around the world. Nevertheless, his three most notable works- The Grapes of Wrath (1939), […]

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Banned Books Awareness: The New American Bible

April 17, 2011 R. Wolf Baldassarro 1

Use of the Bible in American schools has been challenged as a violation of the First Amendment for decades; others have challenged the teaching of it as literature when they believed that it should be taught only as a sacred text- the “word of God” as they interpret it. Even […]