Banned.
| Publisher | University of Oklahoma |
| Publication | World Literature Today |
| Subject | Literature/writing |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0196-3570 |
| Issues per Year | 4 |
| Volume | v72 |
| Issue | n1 |
| Published | 1998-01-01 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Author | n/a | Deirdre Neilen |
| Reviewee | n/a | Alice Walker |
Controversy regarding her themes, language, and politics has long been Alice Walker's familiar. Sometimes confusing the messenger with the message, more often completely misreading the message, parents and teachers and school boards and libraries have engaged in regular debates over whether to censor certain of her stories and novels from the impressionable eyes and minds of children.
Banned is an attempt by Aunt Lute Books to introduce Walker's work and worth to an audience that either does not know her or knows her only as an author whose work is often criticized. An...
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