I’m broke: please ban my book

Ana Menendez Has A Unique outlook on Banned Books Week.
World leaders may be good for books, but bans are better. Judy Blume, one of the best-selling young adult authors of all time, also holds the distinction of being one of the country’s most frequently banned authors, earning her popularity even Chavez couldn’t improve.

”It’s human nature,” said Larra Clark, spokeswoman for the American Library Association. “If someone tells you can’t have something, it increases your interest in it.”

September 27, 2006 by Uncategorized 6

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6 Responses

  1. Anonymous Patron says:
    September 27, 2006 at 5:31 am

    Public Libraries Ban Math and Science Texts
    A little known secret often privy only to ALA members is that purchase of mathematics and science text books is frowned upon in American public libraries. It is just another liberal hypocrisy.

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  2. birdie says:
    September 27, 2006 at 4:55 pm

    Re:Public Libraries Ban Math and Science Texts
    How about some concrete information on that…some facts?

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  3. ezreader says:
    September 27, 2006 at 6:09 pm

    Re:Public Libraries Ban Math and Science Texts
    Our public library buys few texts in any field – texts are assigned reading and support academic instruction. The public library supplements academic instruction but that is not our prime mission. Public demand for math and science books is low and so is our budget. We buy math and science titles when they receive positive reviews in authoritative sources and their intended audience is the intelligent layperson. We have many such titles in our collection.

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  4. Anonymous Patron says:
    September 27, 2006 at 7:41 pm

    Re:Public Libraries Ban Math and Science Texts
    University-level STM textbooks are usually priced exorbitantly – just ask any recent student in those fields.

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  5. Walt says:
    September 27, 2006 at 9:28 pm

    Re:Public Libraries Ban Math and Science Texts
    Isn’t it well known that liberals hate math and science, given that math and science tend to support such right-wing favorites as global warming and evolution? Oh, wait…maybe it’s because liberals hate education? Or maybe it’s Another Anonymous Comment to be treated appropriately.

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  6. Anonymous Patron says:
    September 28, 2006 at 3:40 am

    Re:Public Libraries Ban Math and Science Texts
    We have some calculus books! Does that count as a counterexample even though they are 40 years old.

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