A word to the unwise.Torch every book.Char every page.Burn every word to ash.Ideas are incombustible.And therein lies your real fear.
I hate it that Americans are taught to fear some books and some ideas as though they were diseases.
Bring on the controversy. I write real life. It's harsh and sometimes gritty, but it's real. Why should we tip toe around that?
Calling a book "Young Adult" is just a fancy way of saying the book is censored.
Censorship and the suppression of reading materials are rarely about family values and almost always about controlabout who issnapping the whip, who is saying no, and who is saying go. Censorship's bo...
Banning books is just another form of bullying. It's all about fear and an assumption of power. The key is to address the fear and deny the power.
Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous - they contain ideas.
Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.
Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight.
Well, the man who first translated the bible into English was burned at the stake, and they've been at it ever since. Must be all that adultery, murder and incest. But not to worry. It's back on the s...
Some children were lucky enough to have their Potter novels banned by witch-hunting school boards and micromanaging ministers. Is there any greater job than a book you're not allowed to read, a book y...
