A list of vital works of art
This year I’ll be doing a mix of things. There will be a few reviews, a few reflections on articles I’ve come across in the past year, and I’m hoping to participate in the “Dear Banned Author” program.
Will you join me?
All week long I’ll be posting about Banned Books — and every post will include a link to a linky-list where you can share links to your own Banned Book blog posts!
Let’s begin with a look at the top ten Banned Books for 2017! This years list includes some old “favorites,” and some newcomers!
[Top Ten Challenged Books of 2017. The American Library Association tracked 354 challenges to library, school and university materials and services in 2017. Of the 416 books that were challenged or banned in 2017, here are the top 10 most challenged:
- Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher. Reason: Suicide.
- The Absolutely…
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johnrieber 
The only one shown that I have read is ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, though I have seen the film of ‘The Kite Runner’. I cannot imagine why anyone would want to ban either of those. They were of their time, historical in context, and carried great moral messages.
It is like the uproar against D.W. Griffith’s film, ‘Birth Of A Nation’. It is set in a period of history where such things happened, and continued to happen for a century after. If we ban all this, we are not only whitewashing History, we are setting a very nasty precedent for what might follow.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Pete by whitewashing we can do it all again as you say It is shameful
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