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Book Banning and Burning…it’s back!

Book Banning and Burning…it’s back!

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Book banning  Book burning. The Nazis did it in the 1930’s. The Red Guard did it during the Cultural Revolution. Want to know when the earliest recorded state book burning occurred? China in 213 BCE. Yep, that long ago. Emperor Qin Shi Huang burned books he deemed uncomplimentary to his regime. And since then, many countries, states, and provinces have joined in book banning and book burning. Journalist Daniel Schwartz details this history in his article, “The Books Have Been…

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C is for Cautionary

C is for Cautionary

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C is for Cautionary Welcome to Day 3 of Blogging A to Z! Book-ish Ghosts Throughout the April challenge, you get to guess the ghost novel, ghost movie, or ghost beginning with the letter of the day. You can find Book-ish Ghosts contest rules here in the theme reveal. So let’s put our heads together to come up with the book behind C is for Cautionary. And when you have it, leave your best guess in the comments. Clue 1: This holiday-themed…

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Ghost Novel Review: Beloved

Ghost Novel Review: Beloved

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Beloved by Toni Morrison Publisher: Plume, 275 pages Format: Paperback Source: Purchased What it’s about: Set in the south in the years before and after the Civil War, Beloved tracks the ravages of oppression across one matriarchal line—that of Baby Suggs, Sethe, Denver, and their sons and lovers. The novel depicts in unflinching narrative the horrors that slavery wreaks on individuals and families. There are chain gangs, routinized torture, and callous indifference. We know, for instance, that Sethe’s baby daughter,…

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