Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Banned Books Week

Here's a hilarious story by Nicki Leone about a a reading she did for Banned Books week some years ago. I wonder if she'd reprise it for a fundraiser? Heck, I'd pay!
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7 comments:

  1. Pamela Hammonds9/30/08, 12:43 PM

    That was a great piece. Thanks for the link.

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  2. Pamala Knight9/30/08, 12:57 PM

    That was an awesome story. Thanks for sharing the link.

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  3. Margaret Yang9/30/08, 4:57 PM

    "So I sauntered up to the mic and said that I was going to read from a story that, if it hadn’t been banned yet, probably would be by the time I was done reading."

    This was too, too good.

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  4. Bobbie9/30/08, 7:14 PM

    What I wouldn't have given to have been in that audience! And her point about banned books being there to make us squirm? So perfect. Brilliant. Thanks for sharing this. Now if I can just convince my brother to do the same thing at his independent bookstore...

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  5. Sabina E.10/1/08, 3:47 PM

    the link doesn't work. I hope my book gets banned someday, insha'allah. I consider it to be a huge honor if a writer's books get banned.

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  6. Janet Reid10/1/08, 4:46 PM

    The link works for me.
    It's BiblioBuffet if you want to google:
    http://www.bibliobuffet.com/content/blogcategory/29/193/

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  7. Nicki Leone10/1/08, 10:49 PM

    Thanks for posting the link, Janet. I'm glad people are enjoying the story, which I'm sorry to say is completely true. I'm afraid I couldn't look my town book reviewer in the eye for a month afterwards. And he, poor soul, had trouble looking at me!

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