Virtual Read-Out for Banned Books Week
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Librarians, bookstores, and others celebrating the freedom to read as part of Banned Books Week (September 21-October 1) are encouraged to take part in this year's Virtual Read-Out on YouTube. The criteria are simple: create a video that's less than two minutes long of anyone reading a book that's been banned. If you choose to talk about a personal experience battling censorship, then feel free to extend the video to three minutes. Looking for a good banned book to read aloud? Take a look at the American Library Association's Banned Books website for lists of books organized by author and year. Among the virtual read-outs already posted, you'll find Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, George Orwell's Animal Farm, and Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games. This article originally appeared in School Library Journal's enewsletter SLJTeen. Subscribe here. Except that none of the books were actually banned. Banned would mean that no one in the country could read them, and that's definitely not the case. That's why I think too much is made of this and always hate when it comes around.
And if libraries don't want stuff censored, try not censoring viewpoints because they might offend, like ex-gay materials and Christian viewpoint gay materials. School libraries are especially known for not wanting to accept the materials when they're donated. * = Required information
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Posted by MM on September 22, 2011 12:32:05AM
