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Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiTipped off by a letter of complaint, the FBI is considering whether books by Toni Morrison, Kurt Vonnegut, and others should be banned from a high school reading list (via Maud Newton). Also from Maud comes this piece about how books originally deemed obscene become classics.

For more on banned literature, check out Reading Lolita in Tehran, a memoir about the power of books during a time of upheaval.

Posted by Graceanne on March 1, 2007 04:00 PM |

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