Ep. 27: Banned Books
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In this episode, the hosts talk about censorship. They share a few of their favorite banned books and discuss some of the reasons those books were banned. Censorship sucks, but both August and Kendra had a lot of fun with this one! Books mentioned in the episode: Goosebumps Series by R.L. Stine The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (2007) The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde (1890) Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya (1972) Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (1955) The Awakening by Kate Chopin (1899) Areopagitica by John Milton (1644) Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (2000) The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall (1928) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (1985) American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (1991) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (2008) Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (1937) Animal Farm by George Orwell (1945) Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire (1968) Ulysses by James Joyce (1918-1920, 1922)
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