What Does "F-READ-OM" Mean?
Freedom to read. Something we must stand strong for.
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I love books, maybe not as much as the woman shown here, but I could definitely see myself with a minute bookshelf of my favorites, tattooed above my shoulder blade. That’s how much I esteem books.
So it pisses me off whenever I hear about another book being banned-and I’m not talking about banned books in Iraq or North Korea, I’m talking about banned books here, in the U.S.A.
Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales” failed to make it through the US Post in 1873, its stories deemed “obscene” and “filthy.” Oh, I definitely remember that one. It was on my Freshman reading list at the conservative Catholic school I attended. Racy! (I jest.)
Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath,” was also temporarily banned in California in 1939, for its allegedly unflattering portrayal of the Monterey/Salinas area. The Supreme Court overturned the prohibitions on these and other books since then.
Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath,” was also temporarily banned in California in 1939, for its allegedly unflattering portrayal of the Monterey/Salinas area. The Supreme Court overturned the prohibitions on these and other books since then.
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Back in the fifties, Lady Chatterly’s Lover and Joyce’s Ulysses were banned,
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Many books are banned in Europe. Kosinski, one of my favorite writers book “The painted bird” was banned because he wrote the truth. I’m glad when my kids are reading any kind of book.
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