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by Chris Mercogliano A national study just released by the National Endowment for the Arts warns that the sustainability of American culture is at risk because our society is turning more and more toward electronic media for information and entertainment and we are reading less and less as a result. Big surprise, right? However, as…
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by Rick Ayers An essay on censorship and “book challenging” in schools for Beacon’s new blog would seem a pretty simple piece to write, considering the audience of book lovers and progressives. Narrow-minded right-wingers ban books; thoughtful, well-read people, people who read books published by Beacon Press, want freedom. Recently, in a class I teach…
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Banned Books Week officially begins tomorrow, and Beacon Broadside has already begun our tribute to free speech with Chris Finan’s discussion of censorship in America, Helene Atwan’s interview with the oft-banned Lois Lowry, and a little nudge in the direction of something we’re quite proud of around these parts: a fantastic page devoted to the…
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In honor of banned book week, Beacon director Helene Atwan checked in with one of America’s most beloved (and sometimes banned) authors, Lois Lowry. Lois and Helene became friends while serving together on the board of PEN New England, a branch of PEN, the oldest human rights organization in the world. PEN has been fighting…
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