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Letting In the Dragons, Part IV

October 2, 2009 – 6:30 am

 Several years ago, I was asked to give a speech on the topic of book-banning, from the viewpoint of a fantasy writer. It’s quite long, so I have carved it up into four parts to post as part of Banned Books Week. This is the last of four parts, and the end of the story that I [...]

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Letting the Dragons In, Part III

October 1, 2009 – 6:30 am

 Several years ago, I was asked to give a speech on the topic of book-banning, from the viewpoint of a fantasy writer. It’s quite long, so I have carved it up into four parts to post as part of Banned Books Week. This is the third of four parts.
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Fantasy is about possibilities; that’s one of the reasons [...]

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Letting the Dragons In, Part II

September 30, 2009 – 6:30 am

Several years ago, I was asked to give a speech on the topic of book-banning, from the viewpoint of a fantasy writer. It’s quite long, so I have carved into four parts to post as part of Banned Books Week. This is the second part of four.
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I wrote that story for this speech, because I [...]

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Letting the Dragons In, Part I

September 29, 2009 – 6:37 am

Several years ago, I was asked to give a speech on the topic of book-banning, from the viewpoint of a fantasy writer. It’s quite long, so I have carved it up into four parts to post as part of Banned Books Week.
It begins with a story, because I am a writer and most things lead me to [...]

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It’s Banned Books Week!

September 28, 2009 – 11:13 am

Every year, the American Library Association holds Banned Books Week in September. This is that week.
I’ve felt rather strongly about Banned Books Week for a long time - even before I met the teacher who was nearly fired because she put “Dealing With Dragons” on the reading list for her fifth-grade class (a parent, who [...]

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