Sigrid's Five Things

A new occasional feature from the Water Library will be Sigrid's Five Things. Sigrid joined the library last week and is already sharing her wisdom.

In honor of #BannedBooksWeek, here are Sigrid's Five Things for October 2:

1.   PEN America has curated a wonderful series of essays in honor of Banned Books Week 2015 that put banned and challenged books in a global context, both culturally and socio-politically.

http://www.pen.org/banned-books-2015 

2.   Poets.org examines thirteen significant poems, poetry collections, and poets that have been censored and banned throughout history.

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/banned-books

3.   The American Library Association (ALA) not only provides a list of the most frequently challenged books of 2014, but provides links to banned/challenged classic books, a list of the 100 most frequently challenged books by decade, and more, here:

http://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks

4.    In August 2015,  in tandem with The Guardian’s “Dangerous Books Weekend” co-hosted with Amnesty International, The Guardian put together a series of quotes taken from authors, novels and activists celebrating the defense of our right to read: 

http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/aug/29/banned-books-quotes-dangerous-books 

 5.   Datavizblog.org offers a series of visually stunning and useful Inforgraphics (!) on banned books:

http://datavizblog.com/2015/09/26/infographics-banned-and-challenged-books/


Enjoy!