Banned Books Week
So this is Banned Books Week in the US, and I’ve been wondering who is the most banned Irish author. Although the case of that dirty old man James Joyce being banned in Britain and the U.S. is the most celebrated, what with Ulysses and all, I doubt that it’s him. For starters I don’t even know what ‘most banned’ means, but I’m going to guess it’s Lee Dunne, and then drink tea.
Author Tod Goldberg is railing against CLaSSKC (Citizens for Literary Standards in Schools Kansas City) and in a great long rant of a post includes a snippet of CLaSSKC founder Janet Harmon in an interview with the Kansas City Star:
Q. On your Web site you list Candide and Ulysses as some positive alternatives to some of the books you find offensive at Blue Valley.
A. You know what? I think we have been corrected, at least on Ulysses; that’s been removed.Q. Why’s that?
A. Well, I have to say I have to research it. We probably picked it off a classic book list. But, well, maybe this isn’t the best one.Q. Because its content is inappropriate?
A. Yes.Q. Some judge it to be the greatest novel ever written.
A. Yeah, I think they - the author is Irish or something? But whatever. That’s all I’d like to say about that.
See Also:
• KC Star Bookclub & Irish Author
• Co-existence: Kansas City & the Lebanon
• Irish Writer’s Words: A Gift for Musicians
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