Check out these updates from Omnivoracious for September 25, 2013.
YA Wednesday: I *Heart* Banned Books
When you check out the lists of young adult books that have been banned over the years, it's almost like a who's who of some of my favorite YA novels and authors. Which might be funny if it didn't also mean books are still being censored and pulled from library shelves. Ugh. The antidote to that? Turning Banned Books Week into a celebration of reading.
Earlier this week, my fellow …
Some Things Never Change: "Fear of Flying" Still Soars
This month marks the 30th anniversary of Erica Jong's novel Fear of Flying, in which a 30-ish woman seizes and celebrates her power as a sensual woman. For women of a certain age (which would include this writer, who, by the way, hates that expression!), it was a book that changed our lives. But how do young women feel about the book and about Jong, whose daughter, the 30something writer …
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