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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Tag Archives: Book banning
Did Pullman Predict U.S. Book Bans?
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
Are Liberal, Conservative Bans Equal?
Are liberal and conservative banning practices equal. Despite some similarities, no.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged censorship, Flannery O'Connor, Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Toni Morrison Comments closed
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.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Burning of the Books", Bertolt Brecht, Ethnic Studies, Langston Hughes, librotraficantes, My Adventures as a Social Poet Comments closed
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.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee, racism, To Kill a Mockingbird Comments closed
Parents, Kids, Schools & Banned Books
Parents pressure schools to ban books because they want to protect their children. Their children want the books because they have a different set of needs.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged adolescence, Are You There God It's Me Margaret, Catcher in the Rye, censorship, Education, Harry Potter, J. D. Salinger, J. K. Rowling, Judy Blume, Perks of Being a Wall Flower, Stephen Chbotsky Comments closed