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Banned Books Exhibit


Dates: September 26, 2009 - October 9, 2009

Location:   Main Library

Contact: Rebecca Blakiston

Cost: Free

Description:

Visit the Main Library lobby to view the Banned Books Exhibit on display from September 26 – October 9, 2009. Curated by the student-led Progressive Librarians Guild at the UA, the exhibit explores challenged books, articles written about questioned literature, and more.

 

Did you know? The following popular titles included in the exhibit were banned or were challenged:

The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

For more information, please visit http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm