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Lauren Myracle, author of SHINE, ttfn, and many more popular YA books, talks beautifully and honestly in this article about her books being banned and challenged, the horrible criticisms she’s received, the blizzard of fan mail she gets (a hundred emails a day!!), the awful mix-up with Shine and Chime with the National Book Awards…and SCARS is mentioned! The interviewer says at one point:
“Wall Street Journal writer Meghan Cox Gurdon said last year that teen literature has become too dark and depraved—too much rape, incest, violence. One of the books she cited, Scars, is about a girl who cuts herself. What’s your take?”
and Lauren Myracle says:
“I think she looked at a very small sampling of books. I think she herself was sensationalizing. For a girl who is cutting herself, to be able to read something like that and think, “I’m not alone,” what bigger gift can you give someone?”
Thank you so much, Lauren! (beaming)
I love how honest Lauren is in her interview, and how down-to-earth. Check it out.
0 Comments on Lauren Myracle on Banned Books…and Scars is mentioned! as of 1/1/1900
I read banned books; there are some fantastic books that have been banned. And Scars has also had challenges, as well as the recent opinion piece in the WSJ which called Scars and many other powerful books “too dark”.
So when I saw that Banned Books Week is coming up (Sept 24-Oct1), I decided to create a video. I hope you’ll watch it, and I hope it speaks to you. If you like it, please let others know about it.
4 Comments on Cheryl Rainfield on Banned Books, last added: 8/31/2011
Gay Penguins! YA! I think that banning books is bullshit. But I am curious as to your opinion about books such as the Anarchist Cookbook. My 9th grade English teacher said that it has no redeeming value. I have to say I agree, considering it’s about bomb making.
Joe Lunievicz said, on 8/31/2011 3:39:00 PM
Cheryl,
I loved the video. I’m going to share with folks I know. It’s also just a very consice way to say what I have difficulty saying about banned books. Thanks for putting this together and putting it out there.
Joe
Cheryl Rainfield said, on 8/31/2011 4:53:00 PM
Dan, thanks for the interesting article. Some banned books are indeed challenged books. But many have been banned, and many challenged books have been challenged–kept out of libraries, etc.
Jessica, I think gay penguins are pretty cool, too. (smiling) And around the Anarchist Cookbook–I have the same response that I did to that book that taught pedophiles how to rape boys. I do not think that any non-fiction book that teaches people how to horribly harm or kill someone should be allowed. It just puts hate into the world and horribly hurts people, even encourages killing people. That’s not okay. That’s very different than a fiction book that, while it shows the pain of horrible things, also shows hope and a way to deal with those horrible things. There is a huge, huge difference.
Joe, I’m so glad that you loved the video; thank you for letting me know that! (beaming) And thank you so very much for sharing it with people; I appreciate that so much! I’m glad it fits with the way you think, too.
Did you know that Harry Potter was banned in some places? How about In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak? Or Forever . . . by Judy Blume? All those great books, and many more, have been banned at some time, some place.
Now there’s a new site to help promote banned books– bannedbooksweek.org. The site was crated by the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression and the American Library Association, to help booksellers and librarians promote Banned Books Week (September 27-October 4), and to help readers find banned books through participating bookstores and libraries.
If you work at a bookstore or library and would like to be listed, you can submit details here.
The site is a little skimpy right now on information–I would love to see a comprehensive list (by genre or category) of all the books that have been banned, and when. I’m assuming that will come, though. In the meantime, the site has some good ideas about what you can do to help around banned books.
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was banned in some places? How about 
by Judy Blume? All those great books, and many more, have been banned at some time, some place.
Cheryl, you know I have great respect for you. Please read this as it captures in words exactly what I have observed and reported for years about BBW:
http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?p=3019
Gay Penguins! YA! I think that banning books is bullshit. But I am curious as to your opinion about books such as the Anarchist Cookbook. My 9th grade English teacher said that it has no redeeming value. I have to say I agree, considering it’s about bomb making.
Cheryl,
I loved the video. I’m going to share with folks I know. It’s also just a very consice way to say what I have difficulty saying about banned books. Thanks for putting this together and putting it out there.
Joe
Dan, thanks for the interesting article. Some banned books are indeed challenged books. But many have been banned, and many challenged books have been challenged–kept out of libraries, etc.
Jessica, I think gay penguins are pretty cool, too. (smiling) And around the Anarchist Cookbook–I have the same response that I did to that book that taught pedophiles how to rape boys. I do not think that any non-fiction book that teaches people how to horribly harm or kill someone should be allowed. It just puts hate into the world and horribly hurts people, even encourages killing people. That’s not okay. That’s very different than a fiction book that, while it shows the pain of horrible things, also shows hope and a way to deal with those horrible things. There is a huge, huge difference.
Joe, I’m so glad that you loved the video; thank you for letting me know that! (beaming) And thank you so very much for sharing it with people; I appreciate that so much! I’m glad it fits with the way you think, too.