We forgot to remind you that it's Banned Books Week here on Earth... as opposed to on Mars, where some of these anti-First Amendment types like your future VP (the rumored basis for Voldemort in the oft-banned Harry Potter series) apparently hail from.
Here's a list of banned books, plus events promoting authors rights in your area...
1984
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Alice in Wonderland
Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl
Beloved
Brave New World
The Bible
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
The Call of the Wild
Canterbury Tales
Catcher in the Rye
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Clan of the Cave Bear
The Color Purple
...pissed yet? We're not even through the C's... and, after all, this is a very abbreviated list...
If you want to express your concern, here's a taste of events going on all over the country. Find an event near you on this page.
San Francisco Center for the Book (ongoing)
Banned & Recovered: Artists Respond to Censorship
Black-Eyed Sally's in Hartford, CT (tonight)
An ACLU event "dedicated to appreciating the music of artists who refuse to let authorities dictate their freedom of expression."
Little Shop of Stories in Decatur, GA (was Saturday)
Wine and Cheese Party with readings from favorite banned books
The Nyack Library in Nyack, NY (October 4th at 2pm)
High school students will read from
banned books. Additionally, we will have a Banned Books display for the
whole week.
For more events, click here.
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