Banned Books Awareness: “Gone with the Wind”

April 7, 2013 R. Wolf Baldassarro 10

Some label it as historical romance; while others argue that it doesn’t have all of the required elements, thus making it simply an historical novel- but all would agree that the 1936 work by Margaret Mitchell is one of the quintessential works of American literature. Gone with the Wind garnered […]

Banned Books Awareness: “Persepolis”

March 23, 2013 R. Wolf Baldassarro 6

The United States’ third-largest school district, Chicago Public Schools, denies that it banned the book, saying that it “only removed copies from classrooms.” They can euphemize it any way they like, but it’s still censorship. Labeling the graphic novel as “inappropriate,” CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett also ordered mandatory training for any […]

Banned Books Awareness: Freedom to Read Week 2013

February 24, 2013 R. Wolf Baldassarro 0

America tends to arrogantly think that censorship is something that only happened in Stalinist Russia, or, currently, the Middle East; America, of course, is proclaimed to be the land of the free. That stuff doesn’t happen here. Many other countries think that censorship only happens within the borders of America […]

Banned Books Awareness: “Neonomicon”

January 6, 2013 R. Wolf Baldassarro 2

Well here we are at the beginning of another new year- a time for fresh starts, new hopes, and the promise of endless possibilities; a time to look ahead to a brighter, smarter future. The only problem is that not everyone got the memo: This is the year 2013- not […]