The New English Canaan: The first book banned in the United States
T homas Morton’s blistering satire The New English Canaan is considered the first book to be banned in the United States (to be accurate, what would become the U.S.). Though Morton arrived in Massachusetts with the Puritans, he wasn’t on board with the strict, insular society they set out to build. So Morton set up a dissenting colony, and seemingly... Read More.
Slaughterhouse-Five: Jumbled, Jangled… and Burned.
K urt Vonnegut's darkly funny anti-war novel has been banned at least eighteen times. Protagonist Billy Pilgrim has not only "come unstuck in time," he's abducted by aliens. But why? What real life scenario does this reflect? Slaughterhouse-Five revolves around Billy Pilgrim, who like Vonnegut, was a POW in Dresden when it was decimated by Allied firebombing during... Read More.
Love Letters to the Library
L egislatively speaking, libraries have taken a pretty big hit lately. These letters from teachers, writers, and heads of state serve to remind us of what's at stake when state-sponsored censorship comes into play. Andrew Carnegie hit the proverbial nail on the head when he said “a library outranks any other one thing that a community can do to... Read More.
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