It's Banned Books Week very shortly and as a ramp up I was looking at some material about which books had been banned or challenged in the past few years, which is where I came across this map. I think it's really interesting to see, partly because I thought I might see a state or region pushing ahead in the number of bans, but in reality it almost looks like the population distribution. So much for my conspiracy theories.
Strangely enough no one found anything shocking enough to challenge in Las Vegas, go figure.
How can I enquire about books written in languages other than the ones you have foreseen?
Posted by: A. Ancarani | September 28, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Who would have thought that folks in New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, etc were more civilized than the rest of the country? Or that the West is so much more civilized than the East.
Posted by: M. Brewer | October 03, 2009 at 08:27 AM
Check again -If it follows the population distribution, why are there 4 bans in Montana?
Posted by: M. Brewer (again) | October 03, 2009 at 08:32 AM
The only REAL book bans in the United States happen when a Public Library declines to buy a book, or worse, when a Public Library discards a book it has already purchased.
Every honest bibliophile knows that the four natural enemies of books are fire, water, insects, and librarians.
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