Banned Books Week: Interesting Articles about BBW!

As a member of ALA (American Library Association) I get their newsletter.  This week's edition has, obviously, some really awesome articles in support of Banned Books Week and some crazy ones about the censorship of books.  For the last day of BBW I thought I'd share some of my favorites/though-provoking ones with you!

Molly Raphael, President of ALA, talks about censorship being alive in the internet age.

Both Whoopi and Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, authors of And Tango Makes Three, participate in the Virtual Read-Out for Banned Books Week.

Here's 12 Banned Books Week Classroom Activities to check out.

What books are being banned in Texas? 

L. D. Mitchell contemplates the reasons behind Banned Books Week being in the last week of September.

Gadsen Public Library director gets "arrested" to highlight banned books and censorship.

Charleton, Massachusetts lifts ban on Mark Twain's Eve's Diary 105 years later.

Commissioner in Lake County, Florida claims Gossip Girl is 'filth' (Okay, I have to say WTF Florida?  I dislike my state sometimes.  Filth?  REALLY?)

The difficult experience of a librarian dealing with censorship in Kuwait.

10 great banned books that talk about....GASP...sex!

The Book Sluts ask "What subversives are you reading?"

And we're finishing it off with this great poem about Banned Books Week from Girls in the Stacks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unwwjhIUReo

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