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Banned Book: “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian”

Sunday, April 23, 12:30-2:00 p.m. in the Heritage Room.

Tuesday, April 25, 7:30-9:00 p.m., via Zoom.

Our April book is The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie. As noted on Wikipedia, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a first-person narrative novel by Sherman Alexie, from the perspective of a Native American teenager, Arnold Spirit Jr., also known as ‘Junior’, a 14-year-old promising cartoonist. The book is about Junior’s life on the Spokane Indian Reservation and his decision to go to a nearly all-white public high school away from the reservation. The graphic novel includes 65 comic illustrations that help further the plot.”

The Anderson Branch of the Public Library is trying to reserve these books, but they are in high demand, so a copy will also be available at the church.

To discuss the book, attend at one of the dates and times noted above. For the Zoom session, the Zoom link will be sent out the day of the meeting to the Banned Book Club mailing list.

To get on the Banned Book Club mailing list, contact Laci Lee Adams, our Director of Lifespan Faith Development, at:

2023.

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Banned Book: “Lawn Boy”

Sunday, March 19, 12:30-2:00 p.m. in the Heritage Room.

Tuesday, March 28, 7:30-9:00 p.m., via Zoom.

Our March book is Lawn Boy, by Jonathan Evison. As noted on Wikipedia, “Lawn Boy is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel written by Jonathan Evison and published in 2018 by Algonquin Books. It tells the story of Mike Muñoz, a young adult Mexican American who has faced hardship ever since his childhood and is now going through a phase of self-discovery.”

A few of the books are on hold at the Anderson Public Library and a copy will be available at the church.

To discuss the book, attend at one of the dates and times noted above. For the Zoom session, the Zoom link will be sent out the day of the meeting to the Banned Book Club mailing list.

To get on the Banned Book Club mailing list, contact Laci Lee Adams, our Director of Lifespan Faith Development, at:

2023.

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Banned Book: “The Great Gatsby”

Sunday, February 26, 12:30-2:00 p.m., in the Heritage Room.

Tuesday, February 28, 7:30-9:00 p.m., via Zoom.

Our February book is The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzerald. As noted on Wikipedia, “The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway’s interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby’s obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.” The novel includes consideration of social class, wealth, gender, race, environmentalism, and the American Dream. “The Great Gatsby is widely considered to be a literary masterwork and a contender for the title of the Great American Novel.”

“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther…. And then one fine morning—So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

To discuss the book, attend at one of the dates and times noted above.  For the Zoom session, the Zoom link will be sent out the day of the meeting to the Banned Book Club mailing list.

To get on the Banned Book Club mailing list, contact Laci Lee Adams, our Director of Lifespan Faith Development, at:

2023.

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Banned Book: “Maus”

Our January book is Maus, by Art Spiegelman.

Maus will be discussed during the Zoom meeting on Tuesday, January 31st @ 7:30 p.m. The Zoom link will be sent out the day of the meeting to the Banned Book Club mailing list. If you are not on the list, contact Laci Lee Adams at:

2023.

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Banned Book: All Boys Aren’t Blue

At #4 on the American Library Association’s 2021 Most Banned Books list, George M. Johnson’s All Boys Aren’t Blue is our next Banned Book club read!

In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys.

A New York Times Bestseller! December’s Banned Book Club read has been banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content, profanity, and because it was considered to be sexually explicit

If you want to know more about December’s Read, check out this compelling NPR interview with the author: https://www.npr.org/2022/10/25/1130433140/banned-books-all-boys-arent-blue-george-johnson-lgbtq-ya

The book is available through the public library. Reach out to Laci to join the Banned Book Club mailing list!

Upcoming Meetings (please note that the Banned Book Club dates are on the move due to upcoming holidays!):

December’s Book: George M. Johnson’s All Boys Aren’t Blue.

In-Person Meeting: Sunday, December 18th @ 12:30 p.m. in the Heritage Room.
Zoom Meeting: Thursday, December 29th @ 7:30 p.m. (Zoom link sent out the day of to the Banned Book Club mailing list). **Note that this date has changed since first published!

 

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Banned Book Club: “The Satanic Verses,” by Salman Rushdie

Sunday, September 18, 2022, at 12:30 p.m., for the In-Person meeting, location TBD.

Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., for the Zoom meeting.

Considering the recent, violent attack on Salman Rushdie, no banned book is getting more attention right now than The Satanic Verses! Rushdie is widely known for the use of magical realism to grapple with questions of identity, history, and religiosity. Undergirding much of Rushdie’s writing is an examination and exploration of those things that we most take for granted.

A recent republication of the article, “Why Salman Rushdie’s ‘Satanic Verses’ Remains so Controversial Decades After its Publication” (see https://tinyurl.com/Rushdie-08), includes Rushdie’s own thoughts about the reception of Satanic Verses.

Since the publication of “The Satanic Verses,” Rushdie has argued that religious texts should be open to challenge. “Why can’t we debate Islam?” Rushdie said in a 2015 interview. “It is possible to respect individuals, to protect them from intolerance, while being skeptical about their ideas, even criticizing them ferociously.”

This kind of grappling with religious texts and ideas seemed like a perfectly UU choice for our September Banned Book Club. The book is available for audiobook download through the public library and a physical copy is available for reading at the church. Reach out to Laci Lee Adams to join the Banned Book Club mailing list or to gain access to the book. Laci’s email address is:

September’s Book: Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses
In-person Meeting: September 18th @ 12:30 p.m. (Location TBD)
Zoom Meeting: September 21st @ 7:30 p.m.

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Banned Book: “Gender Queer”

Five of the ten most Challenged Books of 2021, according to the American Library Association, were LGBTQ+ books. Since June is Pride Month, it seems only right that the Banned Book Club will be reading Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer, which has the honor of being the most Challenged Book of 2021. Gender Queer is an illustrated memoir that delves into the challenges of living as a nonbinary person in a binary society.

In an interview addressing the controversy surrounding the book, Kobabe said, “It’s very hard to hear people say ‘this book is not appropriate to young people’ when it’s like I was a young person for whom this book would have been not only appropriate, but so, so necessary. There are a lot of people who are questioning their gender, questioning their sexuality and having a real hard time finding honest accounts of somebody else on the same journey. There are people for whom this is vital and for whom this could maybe even be lifesaving.”

In order to allow for the fullest participation, the Banned Book Club will actually meet twice this month – once via Zoom and once in person! If you are interested in joining one or both of those discussions, please email Laci Lee Adams to get meeting information and Banned Book Club correspondence. It’s never too late to join our Banned Book Club. You can always sign up by emailing:

June 2022.

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Finding Our “Living Tradition” in Banned Books!

Everywhere in the news, we are hearing about the expanded number of books that are being taken out of school curriculums, removed from library shelves or even books being publicly burned. In many instances, the proponents of these banned books are ultra-right religious groups! One bedrock of Unitarian Universalism, however, is the free and responsible search for truth. Moreover, we expressly tie the power of our living tradition to multiple sources of inspiration. So, let’s lean into this moment of control and censorship with one of the things that make UUism truly radical – learning!

Join one of our upcoming Banned Book groups! We will be taking a multi-generational approach to our banned book clubs, by offering book clubs for children, youth and adults. In the case of parents, you can decide between a parenting group or a general adult group.

Since the most recent controversy has been around Maus, it seemed like a perfect place to start for our youth and adult book groups. The children’s group selection will be determined in consultation with parents of interested participants. If you or your child are interested in joining a Banned Book Group, please sign-up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F49A4AC2FA4F9C52-banned

March 2022.

 

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