Banned Books Awareness: Singapore’s Culture War

July 19, 2014 R. Wolf Baldassarro 4

Singapore’s National Library Board has been busy as of late- stopping citizens from reading. Books and comics have been on their hit list because they contain same-sex issues in their content. The organization last week withdrew from libraries the books and Tango Makes Three, which has been covered previously, and […]

Banned Books Awareness: “Neverwhere”

October 13, 2013 R. Wolf Baldassarro 1

English author Neil Gaiman’s fan base spread worldwide with his critically acclaimed Sandman graphic novel series in the 1990s. Since then he has solidified his literary mark with equally-impressive and award-winning novels. Last week, however, his novel, Neverwhere, became the target of contention that has engulfed a New Mexico community […]