8/13/2023 0 Comments Dark runner morphues 2015![]() Source: Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom, Nov. A New York Times survey of writers and literary critics ranked it the best work of American fiction from 1981 to 2006. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988, was a finalist for the 1987 National Book Award, and was adapted into a 1998 movie of the same name starring Oprah Winfrey. The novelis inspired by the story of an African-American slave, Margaret Garner, who escaped slavery in Kentucky in late January 1856 by fleeing to Ohio, a free state. senior English reading list (2016) by a parent claiming “the book includes scenes of violent sex, including a gang rape, and was too graphic and extreme for teenagers.” The controversy led to legislation (House Bill 516) that calls for the Virginia Department of Education to create a policy that notifies parents of the content and then allows them to review the materials. A parent admitted not having read the entire book when he addressed the committee in September, but wanted the book banned because of what he called “porn content.” Challenged on the Fairfax County, Va. High School Advanced Placement classes (2015). ![]() Kean, Sam The Disappearing Spoon: And Other Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the ElementsĬhallenged, but retained as an optional summer reading choice in the Satellite Beach, Fla. Source: Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom, July 2015, pp. The film of the same name was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2007. A number of adaptations were created following publication, including several stage performances and a graphic novel. The New York Times bestseller is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of Afghanistan’s monarchy through the Soviet military intervention, the exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the rise of the Taliban regime. The book is used in tenth-grade honors English classes and parents can request an alternative reading assignment for the child. She also said schools must teach sex education from an abstinence-only perspective. The complainant, a self-described “conservative government watchdog,” cited state law requiring local boards of education to include “character education” in the curriculum. ![]() Suspended, but later reinstated as approved reading at the Buncombe County, N.C. Source: Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom, Sept. (2015) despite a student’s request to remove the book because it was “objectionable.” One of the most celebrated graphic novels of its generation (a finalist for the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award), the theatrical adaptation won the Tony Award for Best Musical, and numerous other awards, in 2015. Challenged, but retained at Crafton Hills College, a community college in Yucaipa, Calif. ![]() Both institutions stood by the book, which tells the story of a lesbian coming to terms with her own sexuality as she over time discovers that her distant father is also gay. (2015) because some students objected to the novel’s “depictions of lesbian sexuality, arguing that the book is borderline pornographic and they shouldn’t have been asked to read it.” Similar criticisms have been levied by opponents at other colleges and universities that have taught the book, including the College of Charleston-where state lawmakers threatened to defund the summer reading program for featuring it-and the University of Utah. Challenged as recommended, not required, summer reading for incoming freshman at Duke University in Durham, N.C.
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