Howl, and other poems by Allen Ginsberg

 

Element	Value	Value Standard
dc.title	Howl, and other poems
dc.creator	Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997
dc.subject	Political poetry, American; Beat generation–Poetry; Homosexuality	LCSH
dc.description	“Howl” is a poem written by Allen Ginsberg in 1955, published as part of his 1956 collection of poetry titled Howl and Other Poems, and dedicated to Carl Solomon. Poems include: Howl — Footnote To Howl — A Supermarket in California — Transcription of Organ Music — Sunflower Sutra — America — In the Baggage Room at Greyhound ; Earlier Poems: An Asphodel — Song — Wild Orphan — In Back of the Real.
dc.publisher	City Lights Books
dc.date	1956	W3CDTF
dc.type	Text	DCMIType
dc.format	Paperback book; 44 pages; 16 cm
dc.identifier	ISBN: 9780872860179
dc.source	http://www.amazon.com/Other-Poems-Lights-Pocket-Poets/dp/0872860175/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1462205651&sr=1-1&keywords=howl+and+other+poems
dc.language	en-US	RFC4646
dc.relation	Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg; originally published by City Lights Books; San Francisco: 1956.
dc.rights	Allen Ginsberg

Ginsberg’s famous poems were criticized for their depiction of madness, sexuality, and political protest, among other reasons. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, of City Lights Books, was arrested and charged with publishing and selling obscene literature. He was found not guilty.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/jun/02/featuresreviews.guardianreview21

 

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

 

Element	Value	Value Standard
dc.title	Slaughterhouse-Five
dc.creator	Vonnegut, Kurt, 1922-2007
dc.subject	World War, 1939-1945; Satire; Post-traumatic stress disorder	LCSH
dc.description	This satirical book shows an American soldier during World War II, suffering from PTSD and experiencing what he believes to be his former life through a series of flashbacks.
dc.publisher	Dell
dc.date	11-03-1991	W3CDTF
dc.type	Text	DCMIType
dc.format	Paperback book, 215 pages, 4.1 x 0.6 x 6.8 in.
dc.identifier	ISBN-13 978-0440180296
dc.source	http://www.amazon.com/Slaughterhouse-Five-Kurt-Vonnegut/dp/0440180295/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1462158574&sr=8-1&keywords=slaughterhouse+five
dc.language	en-US	RFC4646
dc.relation	Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut; originally published by Delacorte; New York: 1969
dc.rights	Kurt Vonnegut

Through flashbacks, this satirical anti-war book tells the story of a disoriented American soldier who believes himself to have experienced things like alien abduction and time travel before being taken prisoner by German soldiers. It has been consistently banned and challenged since its publication in 1969 for being “depraved,” “vulgar,” “anti-Christian” and “anti-American,” as well as containing explicit sexual content.

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/08/the-neverending-campaign-to-ban-slaughterhouse-five/243525/

http://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/classics/reasons

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Element	Value	Value Standard
dc.title	In Cold Blood
dc.creator	Capote, Truman, 1925-1984
dc.subject	Mass murder; Trials (Murder); True crime stories	LCSH
dc.description	This book tells the story of both the victims and the murderers involved in the killing of a family at a Kansas farmhouse in 1959.
dc.publisher	Vintage International
dc.date	02-01-1994	W3CDTF
dc.type	Text	DCMIType
dc.format	Paperback book, 343 pages, 5.2 x 0.7 x 8 in.
dc.identifier	ISBN-13 978-0679745587
dc.source	http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Blood-Truman-Capote/dp/0679745580/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461874284&sr=1-1&keywords=in+cold+blood
dc.language	en-US	RFC4646
dc.relation	In Cold Blood by Truman Capote; originally published by Random House, New York: September 25, 1965
dc.rights	Truman Capote

For this true crime book, Truman Capote interviewed local residents, case investigators, and the killers themselves in order to tell the full story of the 1959 murder of an entire family. This book is most commonly banned from schools due to the violence, although some people are also concerned about the profanity and references to sex.

https://bookjourney.net/2014/10/01/in-cold-blood-by-truman-capote-banned-book-true-crime/

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/09/glenadle-school-board-may-block-in-cold-blood.html

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Element	Value	Value Standard
dc.title	To Kill a Mockingbird
dc.creator	Lee, Harper, 1926-2016
dc.subject	Racism, Lawyers, Fathers and daughters, Race relations	LCSH
dc.description	A young girl experiences prejudice in the South as her father, a lawyer, defends a black man wrongly accused of a crime.
dc.publisher	Harper Perennial Modern Classics
dc.date	03-01-2004	W3CDTF
dc.type	Text	DCMIType
dc.format	Paperback book, 385 pages, 1 x 5.2 x 8.2 in.
dc.identifier	ISBN-13 978-0060935467
dc.source	http://www.amazon.com/Kill-Mockingbird-Harper-Lee/dp/0060935464/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
dc.language	en-US	RFC4646
dc.relation	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee; originally published by Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia: July 11, 1960
dc.rights	Harper Lee

 

To Kill a Mockingbird shows a young girl learning about prejudice and racism for the first time when her father, a lawyer in their small southern town, defends a black man wrongly accused of rape. It has been challenged or banned consistently since it came out for various reasons. The most common are vulgar language and sexual content, racial slurs, and the idea that it promotes institutionalized racism. Almost 60 years after it was first published, To Kill a Mockingbird remains one of the most commonly banned classic novels.

http://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/classics/reasons

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/to-kill-a-mockingbird-remains-among-top-banned-classical-novels/

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Element	Value	Value Standard
dc.title	The Great Gatsby
dc.creator	Fitzgerald, F. Scott.
dc.subject	Long Island (N.Y.)-Fiction.; Traffic accidents-Fiction.; Married women-Fiction.; First loves-Fiction.; Rich people-Fiction.; Mistresses-Fiction.; Revenge-Fiction.	LCSH
dc.description	This exemplary novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when The New York Times noted “gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession,” it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.
dc.publisher	Scribner
dc.contributor	F. Scott Fitzgerald
dc.date	2004-09-30	W3CDTF
dc.type	Text	DCMIType
dc.format	Paperback book; 180 pages; 5.2 x 0.4 x 8 inches
dc.identifier	ISBN:978-0743273565 (alk. paper)	ISBN
dc.source	http://www.amazon.com/Great-Gatsby-F-Scott-Fitzgerald/dp/0743273567/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1461976344&sr=8-2&keywords=great+gatsby
dc.language	en-US	RFC4646
dc.relation	The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald originally published by C. Scribner’s Sons, New York: 1925
dc.rights	All rights reserved

 

The Great Gatsby chronicles America in the Jazz Age of the 1920s. It follows Jay Gatsby and his love for Daisy Buchanan. There is wealth, booze, sex, and lavish parties. The book was challenged by the “Baptist Church in South Carolina because of its language and mere references to sex” (Banned Books that Shaped America).

“Banned books that shaped America.” Bannedbooksweek.org. Retrieved April 29, 2016 from http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/censorship/bannedbooksthatshapedamerica

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Element	Value	Value Standard
dc.title	The Catcher in the Rye
dc.creator	Salinger, J.D. (Jerome David), 1919-2010
dc.subject	Caulfield, Holden (Fictitious character)- Fiction.; Runaway teenagers- Fiction.; New York (N.Y.)- Fiction.	LCSH
dc.description	Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger’s New Yorker stories–particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme With Love and Squalor–will not be surprised by the fact that his first novel is full of children. The hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days. The boy himself is at once too simple and too complex for us to make any final comment about him or his story. Perhaps the safest thing we can say about Holden is that he was born in the world not just strongly attracted to beauty but, almost, hopelessly impaled on it. There are many voices in this novel: children’s voices, adult voices, underground voices-but Holden’s voice is the most eloquent of all. Transcending his own vernacular, yet remaining marvelously faithful to it, he issues a perfectly articulated cry of mixed pain and pleasure. However, like most lovers and clowns and poets of the higher orders, he keeps most of the pain to, and for, himself. The pleasure he gives away, or sets aside, with all his heart. It is there for the reader who can handle it to keep.
dc.publisher	Back Bay Books
dc.contributor	J.D. Salinger
dc.date	2001-01-30	W3CDTF
dc.type	Text	DCMIType
dc.format	Paperback book; 288 pages; 5.2 x 0.9 x 8 in.
dc.identifier	ISBN-13: 978-0316769174	ISBN
dc.source	http://www.amazon.com/Catcher-Rye-J-D-Salinger/dp/0316769177/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
dc.language	en-US	RFC4646
dc.relation	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger; originally published by Little, Brown, and Company, New York: 1951
dc.coverage	1951-2001
dc.rights	All rights reserved

The Catcher in the Rye follows Holden Caulfield’s three-day adventure home after flunking out of his preparatory school. Holden contemplates his life, and during his journey, he meets a variety of people. The novel also deals with complex issues of identity, belonging, loss, and connection. The Catcher in the Rye has been challenged, removed, and banned in my many schools due to a variety of reasons: profanity, obscenity, offensive language, prostitution, and many other reasons (American Library Association, n.d.).

American Library Association. (n.d.). Banned and/or challenged books from the Radcliffe Publishing Course top 100 novels of the 20th Century. Retrieved April 26, 2016, from http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=bbwlinks

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Element	Value	Value Standard
dc.title	Bridge to Terabithia
dc.creator	Paterson, Katherine
dc.subject	Friendship- Juvenile fiction.; Death-Juvenile fiction.	LCSH
dc.description	This Newbery Medal-winning novel by bestselling author Katherine Paterson is a modern classic of friendship and loss. Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. And he almost is, until the new girl in school, Leslie Burke, outpaces him. The two become fast friends and spend most days in the woods behind Leslie’s house, where they invent an enchanted land called Terabithia. One morning, Leslie goes to Terabithia without Jess and a tragedy occurs. It will take the love of his family and the strength that Leslie has given him for Jess to be able to deal with his grief. In addition to being a Newbery Medal winner, Bridge to Terabithia was also named an ALA Notable Children’s Book and has become a touchstone of children’s literature, as have many of Katherine Paterson’s other novels, including The Great Gilly Hopkins and Jacob Have I Loved.
dc.publisher	HarperCollins
dc.contributor	Katherine Paterson
dc.date	2003-05-06	W3CDTF
dc.type	Text	DCMIType
dc.format	Paperback book; 144 pages; 0.5 x 5.2 x 7.5 in.
dc.identifier	ISNB-13: 978-0064401845	ISBN
dc.source	http://www.amazon.com/Bridge-Terabithia-Katherine-Paterson/dp/0064401847/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
dc.language	en-US	RFC4646
dc.relation	Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson; originally published by T.Y. Crowell, New York: 1977
dc.coverage	1977-2003
dc.rights	All rights reserved

Bridge to Terabithia stars Jess, a 10-year-old boy, who befriends a student, Leslie. Together they create an imaginary world called Terabithia. They have many adventures together until an accident leaves Jess alone to reign over Terabithia. Bridge to Terabithia was first challenged in Lincoln, Nebraska schools “because it contained ‘profanity’ including the phrase ‘Oh Lord’ and ‘Lord’ used as an expletive” (New Mexico State University Library, 2015). It has been challenged by other school districts for not only offensive language, but also the belief that the material encourages Satanism (American Library Association, n.d.).

American Library Association. (n.d.). Top ten frequently challenged books lists of the 21st century. Retrieved April 27, 2016, from http://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10

New Mexico State University Library. (2015, December 8). Censorship and banned books. Retrieved April 27, 2016, from http://nmsu.libguides.com/censorship

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Element	Value	Value Standard
dc.title	The Glass Castle: A Memoir
dc.creator	Walls, Jeannette
dc.subject	Children of alcoholics- United States- Biography.; Dysfunctional families- United States- Case studies.; Poor- West Virginia- Welch- Biography	LCSH
dc.description	Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex was a charismatic, brilliant man who, when sober, captured his children’s imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and above all, how to embrace life fearlessly. Rose Mary, who painted and wrote and couldn’t stand the responsibility of providing for her family, called herself an “excitement addict.” Cooking a meal that would be consumed in fifteen minutes had no appeal when she could make a painting that might last forever. Later, when the money ran out, or the romance of the wandering life faded, the Walls retreated to the dismal West Virginia mining town — and the family — Rex Walls had done everything he could to escape. He drank. He stole the grocery money and disappeared for days. As the dysfunction of the family escalated, Jeannette and her brother and sisters had to fend for themselves, supporting one another as they weathered their parents’ betrayals and, finally, found the resources and will to leave home. What is so astonishing about Jeannette Walls is not just that she had the guts and tenacity and intelligence to get out, but that she describes her parents with such deep affection and generosity. Hers is a story of triumph against all odds, but also a tender, moving tale of unconditional love in a family that despite its profound flaws gave her the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms.
dc.publisher	Scribner
dc.contributor	Jeannette Walls
dc.date	2006-01-17	W3CDTF
dc.type	Text	DCMIType
dc.format	Paperback book; 288 pages; 5.2 x 0.7 x 8 in.
dc.identifier	ISBN-13: 978-0743247542	ISBN
dc.source	http://www.amazon.com/Glass-Castle-Memoir-Jeannette-Walls/dp/074324754X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
dc.language	en-US	RFC4646
dc.relation	The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls; originally published by Scribner, New York: 2005
dc.coverage	2005-2006
dc.rights	All rights reserved

The Glass Castle is a memoir of Jeannette Walls’ life. The book recounts the unconventional, poverty stricken upbringing she and her siblings had due to their dysfunctional parents. Walls’ experienced a tragic upbringing until she was able to move to New York City with her siblings to try to make a living for herself. The Glass Castle has been challenge a number of times, the first in 2010 at a high school in California. The various reasons for the challenges are: profanity, criticism of Christianity, drunkenness, and accounts of sexual abuse and prostitution (Marshall University Libraries, 2015).

Marshall University Libraries. (2015, August 21). Banned books: The Glass Castle. Retrieved April 26, 2016, from http://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/books/glasscastle.asp

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

 

 

Element	Value	Value Standard
dc.title	The Grapes of Wrath
dc.creator	Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
dc.subject	Dustbowl Era, 1931-1939—Fiction; Great Depression, 1929—Fiction; American Dream—Fiction; Farmers—Fiction	LCSH
dc.description	The Joad family falls on hard times in 1930s Oklahoma and strikes out for a new life in California, encountering hardships along the way.
dc.publisher	Penguin Classics
dc.contributor	John Steinbeck
dc.date	03-28-2006	W3CDTF
dc.type	Text	DCMIType
dc.format	Softcover book, 464 pages, 5.1 x 0.9 x 7.8 in.
dc.identifier	ISBN-13 978-0143039433
dc.source	http://www.amazon.com/Grapes-Wrath-John-Steinbeck/dp/0143039431/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461605891&sr=1-1&keywords=the+grapes+of+wrath
dc.language	en-US	RFC4646
dc.relation	The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck; originally published by Viking Press, New York: 1939
dc.coverage	1939-2006
dc.rights	All rights reserved

 

When the Great Depression hits Oklahoma in the 1930s, the Joad family finds itself with a worthless farm, no money, and no way to make a better life for themselves. So they strike out for California, hoping to find new jobs and new lives, but discover that the promised American Dream isn’t so easily attainable. First banned in California the year that it was published (Banned Books Week), “The Grapes of Wrath” has continued to be banned far and wide for profanity, sexual references, and accusations of propaganda.

 

Works cited: “Banned Books That Shaped America.” Bannedbooksweek.org. Web. 25 Apr. 2016. http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/censorship/bannedbooksthatshapedamerica