Septemeber 21st to the 27th is Banned Books Week at the Greenville Public Library. This is a national event that many libraries and bookstores participate in. On the Library's second floor there is a Banned Books display with books wrapped in butcher paper and the reasons for having been banned written on the front of the book. These books are available and encouraged for circulation so please check them out!
The purpose of of Banned Books Week is to highlight and surprise patrons as to why the books were banned. There is also a contest where patrons are encouraged to go to the Library's Facebook page and post what banned books they are reading. A prize will be given to the winner of a random drawing.
Here is a list of some books which have been banned: The Great Gatsby, The Catcher in the Rye, The Grapes of Wrath, The Color Purple, Ulysses, Lolita, Brave New World, Animal Farm, As I Lay Dying, A Farewell to Arms, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Invisible Man, Song of Solomon, Gone with the Wind, Slaughterhouse-Five, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Call of the Wild, All the King’s Men, The Lord of the Rings, The Jungle, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, A Clockwork Orange, The Awakening, In Cold Blood, Sophie’s Choice, Sons and Lovers, The Bluest Eye, The Kite Runner, The Glass Castle, My Sister’s Keeper, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Arming America, Women in Love, The Naked and the Dead, Fallen Angels.
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