Challenged Books

The American Library Association has released its annual list of most frequently challenged books—their euphemism for books someone wants banned in some way. The list includes Jaycee Dugard’s memoir “A Stolen Life”. The reason is sexual content although as a reader may remember she was abducted and sexually abused for years. The list also contains Sherman Alexie “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis” and Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” for it too is said to be objectionable Continue reading “Challenged Books”