Vatican – Banned Books Awareness

Banned Books Awareness: “Les Misérables”

November 11, 2012 R. Wolf Baldassarro 4

I was searching literary lists trying to decide which novel to cover this week when I saw something that made my jaw drop and my head shake in a bewildered double take- Les Misérables, the classic novel by Victor Hugo about the trials and tribulations of an intertwined group of people during […]

Banned Books Awareness: Censored Book Prompts Author’s Arrest

July 1, 2012 R. Wolf Baldassarro 1

The banning of books has become the new “Oprah Effect.” As governments and other organizations try to crack down on the spread of material they find offensive, the popularity of those works rises when they are labeled “deviant.” The Vatican didn’t learn from the protests of the theatrical release of […]