tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382277614743623418.post8082197530052522865..comments2023-11-18T09:28:47.732-08:00Comments on Living here now: Banned or Challenged Literary ClassicsDenise Emanuel Clemenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10982725113569943337noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382277614743623418.post-61006021779259903662011-09-27T22:18:21.051-07:002011-09-27T22:18:21.051-07:00In my childhood it was Grimm's, then for years...In my childhood it was Grimm's, then for years it was <i>Love Medicine</i> by Louise Erdrich, and more recently it's been the poetry of Raymond Carver.<br /><br />(Sounds like we could compare some "good" divorce stories....)T. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382277614743623418.post-18766514187716357082011-09-27T15:09:16.420-07:002011-09-27T15:09:16.420-07:00I too read that list and noted how many I had read...I too read that list and noted how many I had read. I credit the English teacher I had for 3 of my high school years. She was insane, but I read some good stuff. <br /><br />I read Sweet Eyes by Jonis Agee several times years ago. That was the first one I thought of when you asked your question.Steph(anie)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01345590378662641435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382277614743623418.post-31282862740632112352011-09-27T05:56:16.465-07:002011-09-27T05:56:16.465-07:00Almost all of the ones you have listed. They have ...Almost all of the ones you have listed. They have almost all been life rafts for me at one point or another. And comfort and joy and mind-opening.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382277614743623418.post-57551183042051221832011-09-26T22:51:22.482-07:002011-09-26T22:51:22.482-07:00I think Jane Eyre was a life raft -- and The Broth...I think Jane Eyre was a life raft -- and The Brothers Karamazov -- and then maybe To the Lighthouse.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382277614743623418.post-65983957639882152872011-09-26T18:37:53.282-07:002011-09-26T18:37:53.282-07:00If I hear about a book being banned it just makes ...If I hear about a book being banned it just makes me want to read it.Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479872783727855901noreply@blogger.com