Who Decides What Children Read? Authoritarians Slander Parent Groups as "Book Banners"
In a country that protects and praises personal liberty, few charges are more loaded than to call people censors or “book banners.” Those are fighting words.
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In a country that protects and praises personal liberty, few charges are more loaded than to call people censors or “book banners.” Those are fighting words.
The American Library Association and other groups casually hurl "book banner" accusations against parent groups without regard for the facts.
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Painter Julia Russell couldn’t have chosen a better title for her new exhibit at the Featherstone for the Arts Feldman Family Artspace at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society. “The Certain Slant of Light” derives from an Emily Dickenson poem, indicating Russell’s desire to resist painting photorealistically but, as she says, “to tell it with a […]
For New York City-based photographer Fran Gormley, making beautiful landscapes isn’t safe; it’s risky and treacherous, requiring her to board helicopters in heavy winds, sometimes over violence-ridden terrain. Floating thousands of feet above terra firma is not, she stresses, “fun.” It’s both daunting and life-affirming, much like giving birth. The Sensuous Earth, shot over some of the most inaccessible corners of the world, is the photographer’s ode to Mother Nature.