Banned Books include Good Literature
In honor of Banned Books Week, USA Today columnist Whitney Matheson observes that some of her favorite books are some of the most challenged. She lists ten books on a banned/challenged book list, says why she liked the book, explains why it’s challenged, and links to a summary of the book.
I began reading A Day No Pigs Would Die Thursday. The opening of the book completely sucked me in. It has one of the best beginnings as far as capturing my attention and making me want to keep reading of any book I’ve read recently. I’m only about forty pages into it, so I haven’t figured out on my own why people don’t like it.
It’s nice to see someone else on Harvard’s blog server is writing about this important celebration and awareness week.
Thanks, Blake, for posting about this article.
(Gosh, every time I apologize or thank someone, I can’t help thinking about The Giver and how the thank yous and apologies seemed so forced and routine they were completely fake and meaningless. My thank yous and apologies are sincere.)
