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Gillian Steward: Alberta Insists It’s Not a Book Ban as Many Classics Are Targeted by Censors
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Gillian Steward: Alberta insists it’s not a book ban as many classics are targeted by censors
Last week Edmonton's school board came up with a list of over 200 books that would be taken out of their libraries, including Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaids Tale,” Maya Angelou's
In the province of Alberta, nearly two hundred books are going to be banned in schools, including the vast dystopic novel by the Canadian author. A decision that she turns in derision in a short story published on X.
Among the 200 books of a sexual nature that will be removed from Alberta's public libraries in October is Margaret Atwood's dystopical bestseller, The Scarlet Servant. The 85-year-old novelist responded by publishing a short story online, where she ridiculed the province's conservative obedience authorities.
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