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Join your Sinclair Librarians for monthly discussions around censorship and book banning. Each month, we will gather to discuss either a current issue surrounding censorship or a specific banned or challenged book, film, or resource. Please note, this is a participatory event and you will be expected to read the book/article or review the resource before we meet.
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First serialized from 1980 to 1991, Maus, by American cartoonist Art Spiegelman, tells the story of the authors parents experiences in Nazi concentration camps during WWII. Using a frame narrative, and depicting humans with the heads and tails of different species of animals, the series won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992.
The book was banned in 2022 for graphic language, violence, and nudity by a school district in Tennessee. You can read more about the ban here: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/holocaust-novel-maus-banned-in-tennessee-school-district
You can view an interview with the author here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BmjCDoIyV0
Bound in two volumes and also in a “complete” one volume edition, you can find a copy of the 2 volume book in the Sinclair Library: https://kong.sinclair.edu/record=b1020082~S1
Other editions are available via SearchOhio: https://ohpir.searchohio.org/record=b1366789~S0
Co-sponsored by the Library and Diversity Office
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