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        <title><![CDATA[I agree with poster #1 as far as the American Library Association is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I agree with poster #1 as far as the American Library Association is concerned. Perhaps you are confused because they release a list of banned books every year? Also, it does not appear that Main Street met with much opposition. The town of Alexandria, Minnesota banned it in 1921, although it was actually based on a nearby town called Sauk Centre, Sinclair Lewis' childhood home.
In the novel, it portrays an emptiness &amp; restrictiveness in...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[I do not believe that you are correct about who the book has been banned...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I do not believe that you are correct about who the book has been banned by.  The American Library Association fights against book banning and keeps lists of books that have been banned.  It encourages people to read them.
Some small towns have banned the book because it portrays small town life in a bad light.  It makes small town people look like small-minded hypocrites at times.
I can see banning books from children's libraries if they...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:26:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why was the book Main Street by Sinclair Lewis banned by the American...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why was the book Main Street by Sinclair Lewis banned by the American Library Association?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:17:02 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It was originally published in 1920.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It was originally published in 1920.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:53:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When and where was Main Street by Lewis Sinclair published?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When and where was Main Street by Lewis Sinclair published?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:43:29 PST</pubDate>
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