Like the Bible, Huck Finn and The Grapes of Wrath, these books are easily available in almost every library in the country. It is equally ludicrous to consider the book The Catcher in the Rye a “banned book.” Catcher has become such a popular mainstay of our culture that the recent film Conspiracy Theory rightfully presumes that every bookstore in the country has copies on hand for purchase. Obviously, it takes a certain amount of doublethink, if not outright hypocrisy to celebrate these books as “banned” in any way, shape, manner, or form.

The question is: If these books are not banned, then what books are? The answer is, of course, that with the notable exception of child pornography, few, if any, books are banned outright in this country. But many books *are* overlooked, ignored, sidelined and squeezed out of the marketplace.
Many small press books are unable to find a place in bookstores or libraries, thanks in large part to the efforts of big commercial publishers to hock their own wares at the expense of small press publishers. This form of commercial “censorship” is accomplished thanks to the libraries and bookstores that cooperate with the efforts of big commercial publishers to
“mainstream” our culture and marginalize dissent.

Thanks, Japhy.

james baldwin’s “giovanni’s room” captivated me in high school.
i thought i was going to star in a film version starring me and keanu reeves, produced by madonna!
don’t laugh at me, it’s a hot book.
i even wrote a pop song about it in class, i recall.
well, they need to do it now.
cast diana ross’ son as the american
& zac efron as the italian.
music by adele, lenny kravitz & madonna, of course…
keanu reeves & kevin spacey as the Older Gay Men

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Web-S.....ks-147140/

I just went to amazon and searched for Running with Scissors. The DVD comes up but the book does not. When I searched for Heather Has Two Mommies, the 20th anniversary copy (which wasn’t available and had no picture) showed up at number 11…. not even close.

The glitch is Amazon got caught trying their own version of social engineering by further seperating out and hiding GLBTQ contnet. Someone flipped the switch or clicked a box, that categorized this as Adult. The glitch is human. There’s just no room anymore to tolerate this crap.

It’s like the electronic version of that seedy back room behind the curtain at the video store. You can find what you want easily enough if you know what you’re looking for, but don’t expect to find it if you’re casually browsing the respectable parts of the store.

There is absolutely nothing stopping you from purchasing any of these books. I don’t understand the ranking change either, and find it suspicious, but if you type in “James Baldwin” or “Edmund White” you will find pages of books, in stock, and definitely not banned.

This is very shoddy work, guys. There’s a legitimate issue here, one that needs to be investigated – by reacting this way, with objectively incorrect information and shrill exaggeration, you’re making it harder for us to be taken seriously on issues like these.