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Authors such as Stephen King and Judy Blume will soon be able to reclaim works they published 35 years ago. An article on paidcontent.org investigates a relatively unknown law that will soon come into effect and could redirect the publishing industry’s business paradigm.
...moreThe Los Angeles Review of Books features a triplet of delicious essays on Judy Blume books and their influence on each author as they navigated the harsh terrain of their pre- and teenage years.
In “Judy Blume Was Right: On Reading Deenie Twice,” Nina Berry writes:
...moreJudy Blume is a rebel. The pulses of censorship in the 1980s targeted her children’s books.
With the most recent onslaught of young adult literature talk, there has been more and more to add to the censorship dialogue. Blume has been at the center of it all.
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