The Banned Books Week Read Out! is coming soon
What: Read from a challenged or banned book for a 15 minutes period. There is no microphone, no sitting audience – you read from a passage of your choice from a book of your choice in a normal voice to passers-by. Anyone can read: students, staff or faculty members.
When: Tuesday, September 28, from 11:30 AM to 1 PM and from 4:30 PM to 6 PM
Where: On the LTB terrace, outside the USFP Library/Open Use Lab
How: Sign up with the Business Librarian, Lisa Zilinski (lzilinski@poly.usf.edu), with your preferred time and title (if possible, readers should bring their own books since the Library has a limited selection. Please see the 2009-2010 list of challenged or banned books and the list of the 100 most challenged or banned books from 2000 to 2009 for title ideas.) We’ll do our best to accommodate your preferred time.
Don’t want to read out loud? Come to the Library during the week to check out the displays, pick up a handout, or participate in a book or movie discussion.
This is great! Nice job standinding up to the man! Are there actually books that are banned in the US?..or campus?
Thank you for your kind words. We do not ban books on campus. However, individuals and/or groups are trying to get books banned in libraries and schools across the US. For a list of the top challenged books in the US last year, see http://www.ila.org/pdf/2010banned.pdf.