Tag Archive for ‘Banned Books Week’
Happy Bloomsday!
“Stately, plump Buck Mulligan. . .” With those words, James Joyce (February 2, 1882-January 13, 1941) opened Ulysses, chosen in 1999 as the greatest novel of the 20th century by the Modern Library. The novel follows Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus on their wanderings through Dublin on a single day –June 16 1904. Hence, today [...]
Banned Books Week
Each year, the American Library Association and other groups mark Banned Books Week during the last week in September. This year it begins Saturday September 26 and continues through October 3. In a time when some American parents don’t want their children to hear the President of the United States give a speech on education [...]
