#50 Banned Books with Raging Romantics

<p>Content Warning: Discussion of censorship, sexual material in books, sex workers, racism, Nazi "romances," dog whistles, "cancel culture," and subversive librarians</p><p></p><p>Banned Books Week in America is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. It spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. It brings together the entire book community- librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types - in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.</p><p><a href="https://www.ala.org/news/mediapresscenter/presskits/bbw#:~:text=Banned%20Books%20Week%20(September%2018,books%20in%20libraries%20and%20schools.">For more information visit ala.org!</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://blubrry.com/nopl/88980313/49-shameless-and-shameful-fiction-reintroducing-elinor-glyn/">Don't forget to go listen to our Elinor Glyn for more background for this discussion!</a></p><p><a href="mailto:%20Ragingromantics@nopl.org">Questions/Comments/Concerns? Email us at Ragingromantics@nopl.org!</a></p><p></p><p>Books we mention:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/g/elinor-glyn/three-weeks-virago-modern-classics.htm">Three Weeks by Elinor Glyn</a></li><li><a href="https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/john-cleland/fanny-hill.htm">Fanny Hill by John Cleland</a></li><li><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=43.1033.0.0.6&amp;pos=1&amp;cn=1094228">Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dripping-Pearls-Curvy-Girl-Romance-ebook/dp/B0BDG2FJC5/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Nichole+Rose+Dripping+Pearls&amp;link_code=qs&amp;qid=1663005451&amp;sr=8-1">Nichole Rose book, name got changed</a></li><li><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=43.1033.0.0.6&amp;pos=1&amp;cn=3401654">A Lady For a Duke by Alexis Hall</a></li><li><a href="https://catalog.onlib.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=43.1033.0.0.6&amp;pos=1&amp