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Link Ch. 4 – Portrait of an Attempt to Ban a Book in Minnesota

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Omaha author (and former newspaper columnist) Rainbow Rowell did not grow up well off.  She wrote back in her column back in 1997 that, “We went from desperate to poor.  And poor felt so good.” In Eleanor & Park, her award-winning … Continue reading →

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Banned Book Week

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

It’s the American Library Association’s annual Banned Book Week, which draws attention to books that have been challenged in libraries or classrooms over the last year. I’ve long had somewhat ambiguous feelings about Banned Book Week.  On the one hand, … Continue reading →

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