Oct9

I’m with the banned.

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read.

 don’t stop reading

read every book

in spite of banned books week 

read every week. 

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‘write what should not be forgotten.’

-Isabel Allende, Chilean-American author

 

Interesting note:

“When the Viennese government compiled a Catalogue of Forbidden Books in 1765, so many Austrians used it as a reading guide that the Hapsburg censors were forced to include the Catalogue itself as a forbidden book.”
― Craig Nelson,Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations

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art credit: Alicia Martin, Spain-based artist’s sculptural installation at Casa de America, Madrid 

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  11. totally agree. The pup and i went to a banned book read-in on sunday. such a nice reminder to take the time to step away from one world and into another. What better way to broaden one’s perspective and empathy? have a good read today beth.

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  23. Wonderful art installation. Banned books are no different than banned tv shows or banned public speakers. The creators/originators have the right to do so, and we have the right to see, hear, read what they produce. It’s called Freedom of Speech.

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  24. This banning books business frustrates me to no end as does “banning” comedians from TV or going after anyone who opposes you or your viewpoint. I believe in free speech, whether in a book, in a monologue, in print, etc.

    And, yes, read. Every day. Knowledge is power.

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  27. hey Beth: just remembered when I wanted to read James Joyce’s Ulysses in my late teens — I was a very literary kid — the only place I could get a copy was from a grotty old porn shop deep in the port area —

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