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The unexpurgated United States edition was allowed to be imported by McClelland & Stewart in 1959. [50] The book's status as an obscene publication was not resolved until a ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada in 1962. [51] By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept: Elizabeth Smart: 1945 Autobiographical prose poetry
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The ALA does not claim comprehensiveness in recording challenges. Research suggests that for each challenge reported there are as many as four or five which go unreported. [6] The list is sorted alphabetically by default. Included is each book's rank in the ALA's lists of top 100 challenged books by decade (if applicable).
In connection with Banned Books Week, the ALA has released preliminary data documenting attempts to censor books during the first eight months of 2024, in settings including school libraries ...
Here are 15 books PEN America says were most frequently banned in the first part of the 2022-23 school year. 1. “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe.
The New York Times reported in January 2022 that "parents, activists, school board officials and lawmakers around the country are challenging books at a pace not seen in decades". [9] In April 2022, nonprofit organization PEN America found that 1,586 book bans targeting 1,145 unique books had occurred in the past nine months. [10]
A viral Feb. 1 tweet that garnered at least 16,100 retweets and 65,800 likes by Australian user @AnthCondon said, "Books banned in Texas include 1984, Maus, and The Handmaid's Tale, but not Mein ...
This book burning in Boston, Massachusetts is often referred to and even considered the "first book burning in America." [ 33 ] On March 3, 1873, United States Congress under the Grant administration passed "An Act for the Suppression of Trade in, and Circulation of, Obscene Literature and Articles of Immoral Use," commonly referred to as the ...