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Banned Books Awareness: Censorship is really about an escape from the truth

February 10, 2013 R. Wolf Baldassarro 0

Literature marks the times. Whether an epic historical fiction or a dime store yarn, a novel reflects the time in which it is published as much as it does the period it is set in. The intricacy and subject matter of the literature we enjoy also evolves with us as […]

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Banned Books Awareness: “Slavery by Another Name”

February 26, 2012 R. Wolf Baldassarro 1

Being that these are the final days of Black History Month 2012, I thought it wise to share a news story that is also sadly apropos to the subject of censorship. The Equal Justice Initiative is a Montgomery, Alabama-based organization founded in 1989 to provide legal representation for the indigent […]

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Banned Books Awareness: “Nightjohn” by Gary Paulsen

September 25, 2011 R. Wolf Baldassarro 1

Gary Paulsen has written over 200 books in his career. Most of those novels are junior-high-level stories that center on the wilderness and the importance of nature, and use common “coming of age” themes where a character in isolation must use the art of survival as a rite of passage […]

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Banned Books Awareness and Reading for Knowledge is a global cause for literacy that is dedicated to preserving the right to free thought and information.

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