I saw this on Facebook and had to share it! I saw many humans on whom there were no clothes. I saw many clothes in which there were no humans. ~ Rumi
Dec062015
Education
Dec062015
Khalifa Declares 2016 ‘Reading Year’
If you asked me what was my favorite quotable line from his speech I would have to say it was the entire speech! http://www.emirates247.com/news/government/khalifa-declares-2016-reading-year-2015-12-05-1.612857
May252015
Banned Books Awareness: “Index Librorum Prohibitorum”
The Angelica Library, in Rome, is a public library located next to the church of Sant’Agostino. Among its numerous shelves of original and fragile manuscripts dating back centuries exists a very important collection that the Catholic Church hid from public view since 1559- the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, or List...
Jan252015
Banned Books Awareness: “The Working Poor”
Banned Books Week, which coincides with the new school year each autumn, is usually a time when scholars, book lovers, and legal analysts discuss how censorship impacts society and education. One would expect those in charge of our schools to hold all aspects of education- especially books- most dear....
Oct052014
Banned Books Awareness: “Their Eyes Were Watching God”
Written in 1937 by Zora Neale Hurston, “Their Eyes Were Watching God” tells the story of Janie Crawford, a 16-year-old whose grandmother decides to marry her off to a well-respected man in the community. Fellow censored author, Alice Walker, had this to say about the book: “There is no...
Sep252014
Celebrating Freedom: Banned Books Week 2014
I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate the power of Banned Books Week than to share something wonderful and deeply touching. In the last several months leading up to this year’s Banned Books Week I have been humbled and honored to read and share comments and letters...
Sep042014
Lighting a Fire One Match at a Time
September marks a return to regular classes here in the United States. With the cultural focus on all things scholastic, it is also the time of year when our freedom to read is celebrated by the America Library Association’s Banned Books Week, which will be September 21-27, 2014. Libraries,...
Jul012014
Across the Great Divide: “All Good Things…”
This is my final edition of Across the Great Divide. What started in 2009 has become a fun and familiar ride, but the time has come to step off and continue through the amusement park of life and enjoy different things. The editors of Pagan Pages magazine have been...
May042014
Banned Books Awareness: “Hop on Pop”
It was reported here two years ago (4/30/2012) that Yertle the Turtle was banned as part of a political dispute in British Columbia. Well, the beloved works of Dr. Seuss are once again within the cross-hairs of censors in Canada- this time in Toronto, Ontario. Joining the list of...
Mar232014
Censorship and Rape in the American Heartland
The residents of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, are no strangers to the practice of censorship. In 2006 they witnessed attempts to ban such works as Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Sonya Sones’ One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies. Now the English...