Neal McCluskey Gets His Undies in a Bundle, a Form of "Garment-Rending", Over Banned Books Week

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Neal McCluskey: Book banning is about freedom, but not like you think. (The Orange County Register, 10/2/2012)

Excerpt:  Indeed, it's the 30th annual week of tooth-gnashing and garment-rending over efforts to have books removed from schools or public libraries.

Read Neal's essay for some major-league tooth-gnashing and garment-rending.

From an American Library Association news release.   Banned Books Week is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association; American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression; the American Library Association; American Society of Journalists and Authors; Association of American Publishers; Comic Book Legal Defense Fund; the Freedom to Read Foundation; National Coalition Against Censorship; National Council of Teachers of English; National Association of College Stores; PEN American Center and Project Censored. It is endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.


Banned Books Week Celebrations Underway. (American Booksellers Association, 10/4/2012.

Excerpt: The 30th anniversary of Banned Books Week is underway, and booksellers have been busy celebrating the freedom to read by creating displays, engaging customers in censorship conversations, and participating in the read-out of banned books on YouTube, organized by the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) and the American Library Association.