My book “Better Living through Lit” this past year was only one of several making the case that literature can be social dynamite.
Tag Archives: Toni Morrison
Lit Packs a Powerful Punch
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Hurricane Milton and the Bad Angels
In which I discuss whether Hurricane Milton is punishing Florida for banning Milton’s “Paradise Lost”?
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Why Books Banned? They Change Lives
Good lit can function like social dynamite, but it’s dynamite that’s needed for growth. Parents against growth therefore attempt to ban them.
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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.
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Why Fiction Terrifies People
I announce my forthcoming book and contrast it with a similar book–“Dangerous Fictions”–coming out soon.
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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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Bluest Eye and Ohio’s Abortion Politics
Morison’s “Bluest Eye” functions as an implicit rebuke of the Ohio legislature’s attack on abortion.
