don't BAN it - READ it!
Prospero's, the Vonnegut Library ACLU sponsor community discussion
BANNED BOOKS WEEK
Prospero’s staff was joined by dozens of readers in a community discussion to mark national Banned Books Week. The discussion touched on "In what circumstances our culture should allow books to be banned" and on "Who will we allow to select books to be banned".
A special thanks to the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library and the ACLU (KS & W. MO chapter) for helping sponsor this event and for making available FREE copies of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five.
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A Burning Passion for Books
Protest Attracts International Attenton (Thanks CNN & Stephen Colbert)
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Q1: Why burn books?
A: As a cultural wake-up call.
Burning books is an inflammatory act. Books can contain our most sacred and valuable thoughts. The Nazis burned books to keep people from reading them. Prospero's burned books to incite you to read - by not reading, the culture is empowering forces like the Nazis. It's giving them exactly what they want without a fight.