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  • Banned Books: Lady Chatterly's Lover

    09/07/2010 2:45:00 PM PDT · by usalady · 8 replies
    Examiner ^ | September 7, 2010 | Martha
    When D.H. Lawrence finished the last and final writing of Lady Chatterly's Lover, he was not surprised to find resistance from literary agents and publishers. Urged to change the text so that could be published as a work of literary merit, he refused to remove the sex and four-letter words that made it objectionable.
  • Banned Books Week September 25-October 2, 2010

    09/06/2010 8:24:59 AM PDT · by usalady · 8 replies
    Suite101 ^ | September 5, 2010 | Martha
    Banned Book Weeks celebrates the freedom to read, the freedom to choose and the freedom to express one's opinion, even if it is unorthodox. Sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) since 1982, it has become an annual event reminding Americans not to take this democratic freedom for granted.