Fiber Dreams

I bought a sweatshirt for my husband some years ago that says, “Celebrate freedom. Read a banned book.” The shirt then goes on to list ten books that were currently banned somewhere in these United States. Here are a few examples: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, The Call of the Wild by Jack London, and Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. (For more information, see banned books online, and other sources.)

1. Have you ever knowingly read a banned book? Not intentionally, no.
2. Have you read any of the books I listed above? I’ve read Catcher in the Rye, Call of the Wild, and Gone with the Wind. It’s possible that I read Huck Finn, too, but it would have been an awfully long time ago. I know I saw the movie!
3. Knowing that the above books have been banned, would you read them now? Why? I don’t think I’d go out of my way to read something just because it’s been banned somewhere. At least I haven’t yet. But by the same token, I wouldn’t avoid reading something for the same reason.

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