"We well know of the most famous cases of
banned books: James Joyce’s Ulysses, Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer, Allen
Ginsberg’s Howl. In fact, a full 46 of Modern Library’s “100 Best Novels” have
been suppressed or challenged in some way.
The American Library Association
maintains a page that details the charges against each one. Harper Lee’s To
Kill a Mockingbird saw a challenge in the Vernon Verona Sherill, New York school
district in 1980 as a “filthy, trashy novel” and in 1996, Lindale, Texas banned
it from the advanced placement English reading list because it “conflicted with
the values of the community.” Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath has a lengthy rap
sheet, including total banning in Ireland (1953), Morris, Manitoba (1982), and
all high school classes in Kanawha, Iowa (1980).
The list of censored
undisputed classics—every one of which surely has its own piece of giant store
art in Barnes & Nobles nationwide—goes on. " Quoted from Open Culture
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