Chronicles of cancelling

[mprotsenko]

http://tnholler.com/2022/01/mcminn-county-bans-maus-pulitzer-prize-winning-holocaust-book/

The McMinn school board has just banned "Maus", the Pulitzer-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust — citing 8 curse words and an illustration of a woman that was objected to, with a 10-0 vote.

(Banning anti-Nazi books - nooooice.)

UPD: Turns out "Maus" is banned in Russia as well.

Comments

[ira_k]

I love that book! it is so original! My son had it in his school program; wrote a paper about it.

those who do not read tell other what to read...I am so against banning any books. Banning books is like banning mushrooms in the forest; yes, there are some poisonous ones that will kill you, and they sometimes even look like the good ones...the whole thing is about knowing the difference. and one can only know the difference by seeing them and "experiencing" them so to speak.

[mprotsenko]

I made a habit of ordering banned books. This one should arrive this Saturday.

(The question is - where do I find the time to read them all? :) )