So that would be heard on the tv please welcome candace morgan. [applause] edition to those people who celebrate the est. Library squaring house the only state in the union that has such an element and collect the list of bookseller challenge an organ i will think powells and also cnn and also chris of the american and booksellers that arranged for this and other locations in the country so to each of these several pleasant questions and then to of questions and answers. Of the increase of those that were in challenged so the American Library association in for them to have this with the american booksellers from Free Expression the association of american publishers fear an American University press , Legal Defense fund the freedom to Read Foundation the National Conference and people for the american foundation. So this is not just about books. So now we have movie is and we have spee3 books and dvd is and a variety of Different Things that we include those from what we talk about ch
Michael hasnt been challenged, fingers crossed but one thing i should say, its about the three characters that customize their car, it gets customized by outer space and it is written in spanglish and i noticed on good reads weve gotten comments from teachers very irate that the spanish isnt correct. So one of the things that theyre saying in effect is that we dont want the spanish spoken that we live to kids, they want sort of a perfected, not stylized but almost strict spanish almost. And its interesting because where we are connecting, where the book is super popular is texas, california, the southwest, right where spanglish exists so in the spanish people , some people read it and if you dont know what spanglish is then it doesnt make sense to you so , but i wanted to bring that up because theres also a lot of passive censorship, not passive but almost unknown censorship. Librarians just choosing not to buy books and thats another thing i will notice if im at assigning and its say
Hello. Hi, everyone. Thanks for coming out tonight. As you can see and as you heard, these are cameras from cspan be, booktv. Very happy to have them here, were very happy to have this discussion here at powells. If you want to keep up with whos coming to powells, we have events nearly every night, lots of really great, outstanding stuff coming up especially in the month of october. You can look on powells. Com, our event calendars can be found around the store as well, and be you can pick those up at the information desk. Tonight were excited to host this event for banned books week. Its going to be moderated by Candace Morgan right here. Shes the coordinator of celebrate the freedom to read in oregon. And this is sponsored by the Oregon Library association and the Oregon Association of School Libraries intellectual Freedom Committee and the aclu of oregon. These authors do have books. If you would like to have a book signed, they would be very happy to sign it for you. Theres a bunch
Thank you very much, its been a pleasure. [applause] if you would like to have your book signed or meet him, he will be over there signing books and you can get them here or take them upstairs or if you have them with you thats fine too. Thank you so much for coming. I really appreciate it. [applause] [inaudible conversation] this is book tv on cspan2 and we want to know what is on your Summer Reading list. Send us your choices at booktv is our handle. You can also posted on facebook or send an email to book tv at cspan. Org. Whats on your Summer Reading list . Book tv wants to know. Congressman gerry connolly, what are you reading . I just finished Richard Reeves book on president kennedy, profile profile and power. Excellent book, a delight to read. He got to be rather critical of jfk, but the maturation of this man in his all too brief time in the oval office, nonetheless, pretty admirable. Having lived through those days as a young person, it was a delight, really, to to go back an
Police have lethal weapons but them. When they make mistakes, unlike people in other professions, the consequences are dire. They are trying to do the right thing and save as many lives as possible and that includes minority lives. Host thank you so much for the time youve taken. We can both agree this is an issue that has been contingent in the past and will continue to be can tend just in the future and one day we can talk about common humanity just the way you ended up talking about the good the police do, that we can spend more time focusing on the majority of all people in the United States who are actually lawabiding citizen. Thats one thing we can agree on. Thank you so much. Host senator gene gene, what is on your Summer Reading list . Either bickerstaff and i stack than i have time i fear. Right now im reading the Wright Brothers, which is David Mccullough spoke good wonderful american story of ingenuity and creativity. The library of congress does a great series for members o