Tag Archives: Book banning

Florida School Pulls Paradise Lost

A Florida County has pulled “Paradise Lost” from the shelves. It’s true that the work has “sexual content.”

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On Defending Books against Bullies

On book banning and how to respond to the banners.

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Kennedy Defended Controversial Lit

J.F. Kennedy praised lit that challenges society.

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Into the Woods with Blake and Sondheim

Blake and Sondheim both respect children’s need to explore far more than various book banners.

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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.

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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.

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Are Liberal, Conservative Bans Equal?

Are liberal and conservative banning practices equal. Despite some similarities, no.

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Book Bans Again on the Rise

With book bans on the rise, Langston Hughes’s “My Adventures as a Social Poet” is must reading. So is Brecht’s “Burning of the Books.”

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Mockingbird Discomfits the Wrong People

If teachers should teach controversial lit to discomfit their students, is “To Kill a Mockingbird” a good choice? There’s a problem if those most discomfited are black students.

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