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Seminar celebrates Saint Mary’s Banned Books Week

Katelyn Waldschmidt | Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story misattributed a quote said by Ann Marie Short. The Observer regrets this error. As part of Saint Mary’s Banned Books Week, the College held a virtual seminar Wednesday night discussing the book bans. Speakers included religious studies department chair Stacy Davis, English department chair Ann Marie Short,

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Crediting the contraband canon

Kelly Konya | Wednesday, September 24, 2014

I remember exactly where I was on the Monday of Banned Books Week 2011: standing, awkward at best, in front of a room of professors and library staff with a book in my hand. I can’t recall another time where I had to read aloud like that, and it was threatening as a first year