Yes, folks, we're having a busy week over here in West Texas. There's a downright festive feeling in the air as National Book Banning Week celebrations continue. The Wicked Witch of West Texas is actively lobbying for all future books with her as a character to be banned. Of course, she would want that since she wants to keep her evil deeds secret, but some also argue that it's because banning a book imbues it with a special glamour and allure that no amount of critical praise could ever match. This ensures that any kid worth the title will seek it out and read it by flashlight, in a cave if necessary-- thus the Witch may be trying to burnish her Wicked cred. It's been well documented that this was how the Wicked Witch of West Texas, herself, started out. She simply read everything she could find that was supposed to be off limits, until she finally tracked down those forbidden items that were truly despicable. Which begs the question: why does anyone bother? Had fewer things been off limits she'd never have discovered half of what she did.
120 Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature
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