My sixty-eighth podcast is up on the New Books Network website! In it I interview Asher Orkaby about his new history of the role of international powers in the North Yemen Civil War. Enjoy!

Reblogging this with MUCH LOVE, because no book deserves to be banned. Get out there and read what you love!

If you want to try one here is the Washington Post's list of the most challenged books of 2012:

Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey

• Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited for age group
• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
  Reasons: Offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group
• Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher
  Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited for age group
• Fifty Shades of Grey, by E. L. James.
  Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit
• And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson.
  Reasons: Homosexuality, unsuited for age group
• The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini.
  Reasons: Homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit
• Looking for Alaska, by John Green.
  Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group
• Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
  Reasons: Unsuited for age group, violence
• The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls
  Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit
• Beloved, by Toni Morrison                                                                                          Reasons: Sexually explicit, religious viewpoint, violence

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/09/23/its-banned-books-week-read-a-banned-book/?wpisrc=nl_cuzheads

Reblogging this with MUCH LOVE, because no book deserves to be banned. Get out there and read what you love!

If you want to try one here is the Washington Post's list of the most challenged books of 2012:

Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey

• Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited for age group
• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
  Reasons: Offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group
• Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher
  Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited for age group
• Fifty Shades of Grey, by E. L. James.
  Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit
• And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson.
  Reasons: Homosexuality, unsuited for age group
• The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini.
  Reasons: Homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit
• Looking for Alaska, by John Green.
  Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group
• Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
  Reasons: Unsuited for age group, violence
• The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls
  Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit
• Beloved, by Toni Morrison                                                                                          Reasons: Sexually explicit, religious viewpoint, violence

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/09/23/its-banned-books-week-read-a-banned-book/?wpisrc=nl_cuzheads