In which I discuss whether Hurricane Milton is punishing Florida for banning Milton’s “Paradise Lost”?
Tag Archives: Book banning
Hurricane Milton and the Bad Angels
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Destruction of Sennacherib", hurricanes, John Milton, Lord Byron, Paradise Lost, Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison Comments closed
Judge Invokes Handmaid’s Tale in Ruling
A Georgia judge has invoked “Handmaid’s Tale” is ruling against a six-week abortion ban, testifying to the power of literature.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Abortion, Dobbs decision, Handmaid's Tale, J.D. Vance, Margaret Atwood, Robert McBurney Comments closed
Thoughts on Book Bans
Books are unsettling, which is why they are often banned. But we need to be unsettled to get a handle on the chaos that confronts us.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Hill We Climb", Allison Bechdel, Amanda Gorman, Beloved, Better Living through Literature, Circle, David Eggers, Forever, Fun Home, Judy Blume, Lord of the Flies, Robin Bates, Romeo and Juliet, Stephen Chbosky, To Kill a Mockingbird, Toni Morrison, William Golding, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Florida School Pulls Paradise Lost
A Florida County has pulled “Paradise Lost” from the shelves. It’s true that the work has “sexual content.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Bacchae, canon wars, censorship, Euripides, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Ron DeSantis, Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison Comments closed
On Defending Books against Bullies
On book banning and how to respond to the banners.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Smut", Antonia Scatton, Beloved, censorship, Tom Lehrer, Toni Morrison Comments closed
Kennedy Defended Controversial Lit
J.F. Kennedy praised lit that challenges society.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged artists, censorship, John F. Kennedy, Robert Frost Comments closed
Into the Woods with Blake and Sondheim
Blake and Sondheim both respect children’s need to explore far more than various book banners.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Little Girl Found", "Little Girl Lost", "Nurse's Song", Allen Ginsberg, Brothers Grimm, fairy tales, Into the Woods, Songs of Innocence and Experience, Stephen Sondheim, William Blake Comments closed
Did Pullman Predict U.S. Book Bans?
DeSantis’s attacks on books and teachers in Florida is reminiscent of the League of St. Alexander in Pullman’s “Book of Dust” series.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Book of Dust, La Belle Sauvage, Philip Bullman, Ron DeSantis, teachers and teaching Comments closed
Child Spy Rats Out English Teacher
The child spy tip line in Virginia received a complaint about how a teacher was teaching “Beowulf.” Meanwhile, a Texas school has banned Neil Gaiman’s works.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Beowulf, censorship, culture wars, Glenn Youngkin, J.R.R. Tolkien, Neil Gaiman, Sexism, teaching Comments closed
