Why are books banned?

September 23, 2013 Subscribe · Forward 7 Reasons Your Favorite Books Were Banned Risqué-averse readers, cover your ears. Sunday marked the beginning of this year's National Banned Books Week, for which libraries and bookstores across the country will promote and celebrate commonly censored titles. The organization calls its cause a "celebration of the freedom to read."  Continue reading... These Are The Books Extremely Successful People Read WATCH: Trailer For New 'Great Expectations' Adaptation Man Booker Prize Makes Startling Announcement Famed Colombian Author And Poet Dies 7 Reasons Your Favorite Books Were Banned 'To Kill A Mockingbird' Author At Odds With Hometown Museum 30 Books You Should Read Before You're 30 Famed Colombian Author And Poet Dies 30 Books You Should Read Before You're 30 The Importance Of Banned Books Week COURTNEY L. YOUNG Freedom to Read Under Fire as Attempts to Ban Books Continue What would you do if you went to the library to check out a book, only to find it wasn't there? Not because it was already checked out, but because someone else disapproved of its content and had it removed from library shelves? Continue reading... OLIVER TEARLE The Novel That Predicted the Facebook Wall -- 60 Years Ago In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury predicted a raft of later technological developments, among them flat-screen televisions, iPod earbuds, Bluetooth headsets, ATMs, and rolling news -- even the Facebook "wall." Continue reading... EVAN GOTTLIEB Literature, What Is It Good For? Recently, there has been another outbreak of public debate regarding what value, if any, the teaching of the liberal arts in general, and literature in particular, stills hold for college students. Continue reading... NOREENA HERTZ This Decision Will Change Your Life If you make the wrong choice when it comes to your coffee, it doesn't matter very much. You make a face and move on. But make the wrong choice when it comes to your finances, your health or your work, and you could end up sicker or poorer, or lose your job. Continue reading... DEBORAH PLUMMER I Am Just a Reader With on-demand publishing companies putting out the works of over 400,000 self-published titles and MFA programs cranking out a slew of new writers, readers are more and more in demand... especially readers who do not want to be writers and who are satisfied with the pure joy of reading. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003