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A History of Censorship: Get to Know An American Tragedy
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by Anthony Aycock
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A hundred years ago, book bans operated much like they do today: Aggressive, well-funded social groups used wide-open state and federal laws to agitate for the removal of books they found inappropriate.
Among these groups was the Boston Booksellers Committee. In 1927, the committee tried to suppress Theodore Dreiser's magnum opus, An American Tragedy, for its subject matter—sex, abortion, murder—and "obscene language."
In honor of the 100th anniversary of An American Tragedy, here is a collection of websites that pertain to the book, its author, and its role in the history of American censorship.
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OverDrive's Sora and Summer Reading: An Interview With VP Renee Davenport
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by Brandi Scardilli
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Despite the major setbacks the library world has suffered so far this year, summer reading programs are in full swing in many libraries across the country. When OverDrive reached out to me to introduce its new VP of North America schools, Renee Davenport, I wanted to know what she thought about the importance of summer reading and preventing summer slide.
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Last Seen in Sea Isle
by Jane Kelly (A Meg Daniels Mystery, #7)
Meg Daniels should know by now that wherever she goes, mystery follows. Her fiancé is taking classes at Stockton University and has befriended Grace Grant, a fellow later-in-life student. Under false pretenses, Grace asks Meg to visit her lavish beachfront house in Sea Isle City, New Jersey, on the same weekend she’s hosting a reunion of pals from the summer of 1969. Meg discovers that Grace is hoping she’ll track down Guy—last name unknown—who disappeared from Grace’s life on the day of the moon landing.
2026 | ISBN: 978-1-940091-16-7 | 226 pp/trade paperback | $16.95
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