Tag Archives: censorship

Florida School Pulls Paradise Lost

By Robin Bates | Published: January 11, 2024

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

By Robin Bates | Published: October 1, 2023

On book banning and how to respond to the banners.

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Kennedy Defended Controversial Lit

By Robin Bates | Published: August 31, 2023

J.F. Kennedy praised lit that challenges society.

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Boys That Don’t Fit the Gender Stereotype

By Robin Bates | Published: July 5, 2023

Georgia has fired a teacher for sharing “My Shadow Is Purple,” thus denying her kids a narrative that they urgently need to hear.

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We Need Disturbing Lit If We Are to Grow

By Robin Bates | Published: June 26, 2023

If we want literature to improve our lives, often we must read–and teach–works that unsettle.

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In Censoring Gorman, We Censor Hope

By Robin Bates | Published: May 25, 2023

Buckling to rightwing pressure, a school has banned Amanda Gorman’s “Hill We Climb” from elementary students. My 8-year-old grandson loved it.

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Fighting Back against Book Censors

By Robin Bates | Published: April 11, 2023

Judy Blume weighs in on book bans while a Washington Post pundit shows how we can find ways to resist.

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Books Banned Because They’re Powerful

By Robin Bates | Published: January 19, 2023

Book banning is on the rise in the U.S., including recently in Virginia. Brecht’s “Burning of the Books” is always powerful.

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Roth and the Hamline Mess

By Robin Bates | Published: January 17, 2023

Roth’s “Human Stain” has lessons for Hamline’s recent mess-up over an art teacher. It has also given me a new perspective on my two sons.

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