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As the National Book Awards came to a close on Wednesday, finalists for the prestigious literary prizes took the stage in New York to speak about the Israel-Hamas war, with others at the ceremony also choosing to address banned books.
CNN —
As the National Book Awards came to a close on Wednesday, finalists for the prestigious literary prizes took the stage in New York to speak about the Israel-Hamas war, with others at the ceremony also choosing to address banned books.
I think it would depend on the books.
Yeah, for all i know the only approved book in a conservative adult book program would be mein kampf
Or the Bell Curve.
Fabio taught me a lot about living life to the fullest!
Fabio the taught me to watch out for birds.
That’s why people need to read a LOT of books. The only thing worse than someone who doesn’t read at all is the person that reads like one book a year and let’s it define their whole personality.
It is known.
Isn’t that the whole argument for banning some books and not others?
All I’m saying is I don’t think we’d be better off if more people started reading books like the Turner diaries. I’m not making a censorship argument here
Aye, didn’t want to accuse you of advocating for censorship. Just a friendly reminder that even the most “dangerous” texts are that way because of context, not content.
Also I was today years old when I learned about The Turner Diaries. Yikes.
There’s a book called the collector that had inspired a couple serial rapist/killers. I consider myself a curious person and I truly love learning but there are some books that I would love to see only in libraries and very dusty because I don’t know how they add constructively to society.
That’s fair.