Re: banning catchers
Thor Cameron (my_colours@hotmail.com)
Sat, 19 Jun 1999 10:34:54 -0700 (PDT)
Angelou has, I believe at last count, four "autobiographies",
I know why the caged bird.... I believe is the second, if memory serves.
All four are great reads, but let me throw my hat in for,
Dancing And Singing And making Merry Like Christmas.
Please tell me I got the title right. I is "Singing and Dancing...?"
Thor
>I used to live in Hanover, NH, and when I went back there for a visit last
>month the whole state with abuzz with the news that NH public schools have
>just decided to ban Maya Angelou's _I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings_. So if
>anyone out there is looking for a good read...
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>BE
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>>From: Bernd.Wahlbrinck@t-online.de (Bernd Wahlbrinck)
>>Reply-To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
>>To: BANANA <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu>
>>Subject: banning catchers
>>Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 11:01:20 +0100
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>>FROM: Bernd Wahlbrinck 18.06.1999 10:17:48 MET GERMANY
>>bernd.wahlbrinck@t-online.de
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>>i teach english here in germany, and i joined this list a couple of
>>weeks ago. whenever i talk about the catcher in class, the aspect of
>>banning books comes up. so i was wondering whether any of you know of
>>recent examples in the USA (or elsewhere?) where the catcher and/or
>>huck finn or other books were banned?
>>Bernie
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>>Incidentally: Why not take a trip to my website:
>>THE CATCHER IN THE RYE BY J.D. SALINGER - AND RELATED MATTERS
>>URL: http://mitglied.tripod.de/BerndWahlbrinck/index.htm
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