Erik Pedersen writes The Book Pages newsletter each week about books, authors, libraries, bookstores and more.
that, no, they weren’t burning books. Apparently, the fired-up crowd came to “celebrate freedom by burning some empty boxes,” according to one of the participants.
for President Joe Biden’s inauguration got it pulled from a Florida elementary school. That same person shared a different text on social media – “A group had decided that just the fact these books were all on a list called ‘diverse’ was enough reason to pull them all. So, they didn’t read the books. It was just the word ‘diverse’ was such a trigger to this group … It’s such an absurd thing,” says Arnold, who was tested as an adult and found to be on the autism spectrum. “It’s not good for any of us when our books are banned.”
“Public libraries are one of the most trusted institutions in the country, and that is a position and a place that’s been earned over decades … We are an institution that truly is committed to serving everyone, people from all political backgrounds, all socio-economic backgrounds,” he says, adding that there are books that he doesn’t want to read on the shelves, too – and that’s just fine.
“They want to control the past, they want to create a sort of homogenized idealized version of America that never existed,” he says. “Knowledge is like water; it just takes a trickle. It will come out. You can build all the dams you want; it’s still going to make its way out.”What have you been reading? Please email me at [email protected] with “ERIK’S BOOK PAGES” in the subject line and I may include your comments in an upcoming newsletter.Rocking the nineties
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