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Exercise Your Right to Read: Banned Books Week Is September 21-27

Exercise Your Right to Read: Banned Books Week Is September 21-27

September 22, 2014

Though this will be the 32nd annual Banned Books Week, the reality is that book banning is still distressingly common. Read more →


Posted at 11:50 AM in Banned in Boston, Chris Finan, From the Palmer Raids to the PATRIOT Act, History, Neil Miller, Politics and Current Events | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Boston Authors' Favorite Places in the Hub

Boston Authors' Favorite Places in the Hub

June 03, 2011

A few favorite spots around Boston from authors who have written about our fair city. Read more →


Posted at 01:38 PM in A City So Grand, Banned in Boston, History, John Hanson Mitchell, Neil Miller, Stephen Puleo, The Paradise of All These Parts | Permalink | Comments (6)

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Banned in Boston: The Watch and Ward Society’s Crusade against Books, Burlesque, and the Social Evil

Banned in Boston: The Watch and Ward Society’s Crusade against Books, Burlesque, and the Social Evil

September 22, 2010

Neil Miller discusses his new book about the 80-year reign of the Watch and Ward Society, Boston's moral crusaders. Read more →


Posted at 02:53 PM in Activism, Banned in Boston, History, Neil Miller | Permalink | Comments (0)

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