Whoo hoo!!! The Mythic Indy anthology containing one of my short stories, The Incident at Methodist Station, is finally in print! Proceeds benefit the Second Story literacy campaign.
Jan222016
Literacy
Jan112016
Peer Review
Sweet! My article this week was shared by The Peer Review on Censorship! #ShareTheKnowledge @eapeer16 http://bit.ly/1ZWJfUm
Jan022016
Banned Words for 2015
I await this list every year and this edition did not disappoint. Lake Superior State University’s 41st Annual List of Banished Words http://bit.ly/1PCS7cX
Dec162015
Happy Jolabokaflod!
Best wishes for a wonderful #Jolabokaflod! http://n.pr/1lP7VQf
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
Jan182015
Banned Books Awareness: “Harriet the Spy”
In 1960s America there weren’t many mysteries solved by powerful female detectives. The choice was between Nancy Drew (who was often overshadowed by the Hardy Boys) and Harriet M. Welsch, better known as Harriet the Spy. Looking back, those stories were read with childhood fascination and an attention span...
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,...
Jul192014
Banned Books Awareness: Singapore’s Culture War
Singapore’s National Library Board has been busy as of late- stopping citizens from reading. Books and comics have been on their hit list because they contain same-sex issues in their content. The organization last week withdrew from libraries the books and Tango Makes Three, which has been covered previously,...