>Warning Labels on Books?

>A group of parents wants to remove Sherman Alexie’s YA novel, The Absolute True Diary of a Part-time Indian, from a reading list for high school freshman. A spokesperson for the group thinks books like this (books that won the National Book Award?) should carry “warning labels.” How about, “Beware: Great Writing Within — May Cause Mind to Expand.”

See the article in the Chicago Tribune.

H/T Kathy

updated (6/23): no banishment, apparently: Publishers Weekly

About the author

I am the author of three novels--THE LAST BIRD OF PARADISE, OLIVER'S TRAVELS, and THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY--and three story collections--IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, HOUSE OF THE ANCIENTS AND OTHER STORIES, and WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, winner of the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. I am also the co-founder and former editor of Prime Number Magazine and the editor of the award-winning anthology series EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET.

Comments

  1. >Shame on Alexie for using the word "boner" around young teens. He's going to warp their minds!

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