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It was actually McMinn County, Tennessee. McMinnville, Tennessee, is in Warren County.
ReplyDelete"The decision by a Tennessee school district to ban Maus seems to have spiked interest in Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel about the Holocaust. Three different editions of the Pulitzer Prize–winning work are in the top seven of books on Amazon as of Sunday afternoon."
ReplyDeleteNot many things will boost book sales like a good old-fashioned ban. Most people were unaware of this book until a few days ago. We home-schooled our kids and these books were part of many lessons. They are still the only graphic novels on our bookshelves.
Above quote is from: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/01/sales-maus-soar-tennessee-school-board-ban.html
It is a short article, worth a read.
Thanks, Steve! I have corrected that.
ReplyDeleteThe links to Maus no longer work- I had both of them opened yesterday and read part one. Today, when went to read part two, there was a notice that said:
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