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If you want to publish a truly subversive novel, have a main character who's fat

  • Written by Beth Younger, Associate Professor of English & Women's and Gender Studies, Drake University
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Banned Books Week, held this year from Sept. 25 to Oct. 1, is an annual event designed to draw national attention to the harms of censorship. Created in 1982 by the American Library Association in response to a growing number of “challenged” books in schools and libraries, the week is really about...

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