Penguin Classixxx: The canonization of the Marquis de Sade
The iconic Penguin Classics imprint has rarely wavered in its sixty-year history of publishing sober editions of canonical texts. Sure, they have broken sobriety with cover design collaborations with fashion designers,… Read more »
Why is the Irish censorship board banning its first obscene book in 18 years?
Ireland’s Censorship of Publications Board is back at work! The controversial censoring body has issued their first full ban on a book due to obscene content in almost two decades. Michael Barry… Read more »
Today in bullshit news: Germany’s sexy ebook curfew
Recently, news reports about sexy German ebooks began mushrooming up over the Internet. Allegedly, Germany passed a restriction on sexy, sexy ebooks that would limit their sale to between the hours… Read more »
City of Indianapolis 0, local adult bookstores $1,000,000 (or more)
Gay marriage isn’t the only gift that the Supreme Court just gave (well, didn’t take away) from Indianapolis. The Indiana Star reports that they also denied the city’s request to… Read more »
Obscenity trials in Turkey get Snuff’d
There’s disturbing news from Turkey this month, as Sara Whyatt, Deputy Director of PEN International, reports from the obscenity case pending against the publishers of William Burroughs and Chuck Palahniuk,… Read more »
Not Beloved in the Heartland
In December, Plymouth-Canton Community Schools (Plymouth, Michigan) Superintendent Jeremy M. Hughes removed Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel, Beloved and Graham Swift’s Booker-shortlisted Waterland from the high-school curriculum after a complaint from… 1 / Read more »