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in support of free expression
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EVENTS
September 29, 2005
“FREE SPEECH ZONE: Dangerous Books?”
September 29, 6-8 PM
Donnell Library Center Auditorium
featuring Judy Blume, Deborah Hautzig, Robert Lipsyte, Walter Dean Myers, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Peter Sís, and Rita Williams-Garcia - visit www.pen.org for bios of the participants.
A webcast of the event is now available online from the NY Public Library
Award-winning children's and young adult writers will read from banned
and challenged books to sound the alarm about a recent surge in attacks
on books in schools and public libraries, where librarians have had to
fight to keep the likes of Harry Potter, The Color Purple, Native Son,
and Heather Has Two Mommies on the shelves and available to young
readers. The program, organized by the National Coalition Against
Censorship, PEN American Center, and the American Booksellers
Foundation for Free Expression, and hosted by The New York Public
Library, is held in conjunction with "Free Speech Zone," an
installation by Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese at Library's Donnell
Center. The event marks Banned Books Week (September 26-30), an annual
celebration of the freedom to read.
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