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Leonard S. (Hrsg.) Marcus

You Can't Say That: Thirteen Authors of Banned Books Talk about Freedom, Censorship, and the Power of Words

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What happens when freedom of expression comes under threat? In frank and wide-ranging interviews, historian and critic Leonard S. Marcus probes the experience of thirteen leading authors of books for young people.A powerful photo essay on transgender teens is called anti-religious and anti-family. A meticulously researched primer on sex education stirs up accusations of pornography and child abuse. Picture books about two mommies (or two penguin daddies) set off a hue and cry. Two hugely popular children's series run afoul of would-be censors, one for its scatological humor, the other because it's deemed too scary. Kids' books that touch on r… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-7636-9036-6
  • EAN: 9780763690366
  • Produktnummer: 35726707
  • Verlag: Candlewick Books
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
  • Seitenangabe: 240 S.
  • Sonstiges: Ab 10 - 17 J.

Über den Autor


Leonard S. Marcus is one of the world's leading writers about children's books and the people who create them. He is the award-winning author of more than twenty-five books, including Show Me a Story! Why Picture Books Matter; Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom; The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy; Funny Business: Conversations with Writers of Comedy; and Comics Confidential: Thirteen Graphic Novelists Talk Story, Craft, and Life Outside the Box. His essays, interviews, and reviews appear in the New York Times Book Review and Horn Book magazine. A founding trustee of the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, he teaches at New York University and the School of Visual Arts and lectures about his work across the world. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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