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Monday, September 27, 2010

The Top Ten Ludicrous Reasons To Ban A Book

So in the spirit of Banned Books Week’s push to make people aware of the often insane reasons people try (and succeed) to ban books I offer you this sample list from theAmerican Library Association’s website of books that have been banned and the stated reasons (from various schools and libraries) for banning them....


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I am the author of two books of poetry, Girl on a Bridge (2010) and Lit Windowpane (2008) both from Main Street Rag Publishing, as well as five chapbooks, most recently American Flamingo (2008).

My poems have recently appeared, or are forthcoming in Barn Owl Review, Copper Nickel, North American Review, PALABRA, Pebble Lake Review, Printer's Devil Review, Puerto del Sol, Verse Daily, and the anthologies Because I Told You So: Poems on the Happiness and Crappiness of Parenthood (Aortic Books) and Fire On Her Tongue: An eBook Anthology of Contemporary Women's Poetry (Two Sylvias Press).

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