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jeffrey_pdx

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7. I took a class on Obscene Literature in college

Reply to JitterbugPerfume (Original post)

Mon Sep 30, 2013, 01:12 AM

Sep 2013

All the books we read were banned somewhere at sometime. It was interesting to see some of the older books that had been banned when they came out, they seem so tame to the newer ones. I'm thinking of "Lady Chattersley Lover" compared to "Naked Lunch" or "Last Exit to Brooklyn" (which has chapters that are actually hard to read due to extreme violence).

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It is Banned Book week! [View all] JitterbugPerfume Sep 2013 OP

I am less interested in the books on banned lists Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #1

Ralph Elison's Invisible Man, recently banned in N.C. Agnosticsherbet Sep 2013 #2

As I Lay Dying, by Faulkner Tindalos Sep 2013 #3

I tried to reread The Rosy Crucifixion pscot Sep 2013 #4

Montaigne was banned in France pscot Sep 2013 #5

Does this mean *I* get to ban a book? SheilaT Sep 2013 #6

I took a class on Obscene Literature in college jeffrey_pdx Sep 2013 #7