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Category Archives: Freedom of Speech
Literary Leviathan
I was saddened to read about the death of the great American writer Paul Auster, who succumbed due to complications arising from lung cancer, aged 77. Auster, who has been celebrated as one of the most important American authors of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, Freedom of Speech, USA, Writing
Tagged Brooklyn, novelists, Paul Auster, Sunset Park
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The Winston Smith Library of Victory & Truth
Edinburgh-based artist Hans K Clausen is creating an innovative project titled “The Winston Smith Library of Victory and Truth.” This visual art installation/ sculpture/ library will be centered solely on George Orwell’s iconic novel 1984 and be built from 1,984 … Continue reading
Freedom to Read
I was recently asked by a TBTP follower from Europe if the issue of book banning in the United States was being overhyped in the press. Sadly, if anything the scourge of book bans, and even book burnings, is not … Continue reading
Let Freedom Read
The American Library Association has announced the theme for Banned Books Week 2023: “Let Freedom Read!” Banned Books Week will take place October 1 – 7, 2023. “As we’ve seen throughout National Library Week, as long as there are libraries, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Freedom of Speech, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged book banning, censorship
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Banned Book Club
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) launched a new program earlier this month called the Banned Book Club. The program gives users access to books that have been banned in their local libraries by using “GPS-based geo-targeting.” To use … Continue reading
La Biblioteca del Mondo
Umberto Eco: A Library of the World is a wonderful new documentary about the bestselling Italian author with perhaps the greatest intellectual appetite of any writer of his time. Directed by Davide Ferrario, the documentary will launch in the U.S. beginning … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Freedom of Speech, Libraries, Writing
Tagged Documentary, Italy, Umberto Eco
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Fat-Headed Censors
You would have to have been living under a basket to avoid the recent brouhaha over the re-editing of classic books by so-called sensitivity readers and editors. Here in the Colonies we’ve been through this with the books of Dr. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Freedom of Speech, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged censorship, Dr. Seuss, McSweeney's, Roald Dahl
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The Right to Read
In response to the ongoing rightwing hysteria of school students free access to books Federal legislation was introduced last week that would expand access to school libraries and codify student First Amendment Rights. The Right to Read Act (S. 5064 and H.R. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Freedom of Speech, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged book banning, censorship
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get up because a woman is here rising
Watching the courageous young women and men in Iran rise up against their oppressive fundamentalist government I was reminded of the tragic Persian poet Forough Farrakhzad. Sometimes referred to as “the Persian Sylvia Plath,” although she was a contemporary of … Continue reading
when the dying speak, they cannot lie
I was sad to read of the passing of the great English author Hilary Mantel. Here in the colonies we became acquainted with her powerful prose through the Wolf Hall trilogy. I thought that I would share this piece from Hilary Mantel’s essay … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Freedom of Speech, History, Theater, Writing
Tagged Henry VIII, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
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Travel Between The Pages 