Category: Literature in the News

6-13-23 The AP is reporting that a Utah school district has been convinced by an unknown group or person to ban the bible because of scenes of violence and sexual content, like incest and rape. Someone has submitted a similar request against the Book of Mormon. The E-JSD is a reader-supported publication. To receive new...

5-30-23 The AP is reporting on May 17, 2023, that a writer’s group, PEN America and the publishing house, Penguin Random House, are suing the Escambia County School District and Board for “violating the First Amendment through the removal of 10 books from the library shelves.” The E-JSD is a reader-supported publication. To receive new...

5-11-2023 According to ParkRecord.com, as reported originally by the Associated Press, “Kouri Richins, 33, is accused of poisoning her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl at their home in a small mountain town near Park City, according to charging documents.” The E-JSD is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work,...

Literature in the News 3-12-23 KGW8 reported on March 10th that in Clackamas County, Oregon, a group associated with the Oregon Moms Union is pushing for “the West Linn-Wilsonville School District” to ban eight books that some have called “porn.” The E-JSD is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider...

2-17-2023 It’s not true that the famed “DoodleBob” animated icon from the Nickelodeon show SpongeBob Square Pants was found in a 1,300-year-old book. The E-JSD is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Although, the drawings found by a piece of technology called Archiox...

“It didn’t come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no! Technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure carried the trick, thank God. There is more than one way to burn a book.” Ray Bradbury. The E-JSD is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my...

“I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing them.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a letter to publisher Herbert Putnam Unlike our previous reporting on book censuring with libraries, NPR recently reported on the state of the e-book business....

As being reported by Publishers Weekly, September 18-24, 2022, is Banned Books Week for the American Library Association (ALA). This year’s theme is “Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us.” Based on the Publishers Weekly article, the ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom is reporting that 1,651 titles have been challenged so far this year, which is...

This is the ongoing news and politicization of books in publicly funded libraries, in schools or otherwise. Ground News is reporting that “the Keller Independent School District” in Texas is “removing all books that were challenged last year within the school district, including the Bible, ‘The Bluest Eye’ by Toni Morrison and a graphic novel...