Banned Books Week adopts author's anti-censorship poem as manifesto

[Robert]

Banned Books Week adopts author's anti-censorship poem as manifesto

US author Ellen Hopkins, whose young adult fiction tackles controversial topics, writes poem addressing censorship to coincide with Banned Books Week

Manifesto
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/sep/24/ellen-hopkins-anti-censorship-poem

 

[abecedarian]

Wow. Well said.

 

[Robert]

Wow. Well said.

I thought so, too. The kind of thing to print and leave on the boards at work.

 

[abecedarian]

I thought so, too. The kind of thing to print and leave on the boards at work.

I want a t-shirt or tote bag too.

 

[Robert]

I want a t-shirt or tote bag too.

That would be cool. About time we did something for banned book week. I used to know where I could get some silk screening; I wonder if they still do.

 

[abecedarian]

That would be cool. About time we did something for banned book week. I used to know where I could get some silk screening; I wonder if they still do.

Ok, I'm in a strange mood, so bear with me here: I would even like to see this poem in tract form..something to put in people's hands at church or out in the community. My local library could pass them out as bookmarks.

 

[Robert]

Ok, I'm in a strange mood, so bear with me here: I would even like to see this poem in tract form..something to put in people's hands at church or out in the community. My local library could pass them out as bookmarks.

That's a great idea. You think you can get that entire poem on bookmark?

 

[abecedarian]

That's a great idea. You think you can get that entire poem on bookmark?

Tiny font..sure, no problemo. I'm sure somebody could make it fit.

 

[Robert]

That would be cool. The poem on one side and banned book week on the other side with the dates.

 

[abecedarian]

Wouldn't it be fun to have them to pass out at the premier of Where the Wild Things Are?

 

[Robert]

I must be out of touch. I had to look it up so I would know what you were talking about. So now I know. . . it would indeed be fun.

Life is good!

 

[SFG75]

Wow, now that is impressive.

 

[Fantasy Moon]

That's a pretty nifty poem. I wouldn't mind having something with that printed on it, even a bookmark would do.