America: the No-Longer-Banned Book

As you probably heard, the Mississippi Jackson-George [counties] Library System’s board of trustees banned America: the Book. After a barrage of criticism, they reversed the ban. I discovered this, unfortunately, after spending half an hour searching the Jackson-George Regional Library System’s collection for non-banned offensive material. Yes, now it’s moot, but here’s what I found:

• Anaïs nin: a Biography
• Delta of Venus
• The Diary of Anaïs Nin
• Henry and June: From The Unexpurgated Diary Of Anaïs Nin
• Sade: a Biography (no de Sade, though)
• Collected Writings / Thomas Paine
• Pryor Convictions, and Other Life Sentences / Richard Pryor with Todd Gold
• Rock With Barney [Videorecording] Protect Our Earth (clearly the most offensive item in the collection)
• Rock This! / Chris Rock