Should yesterday's books meet today's standards debate
A Cedar Rapids review labels 105 children's titles as discriminatory in race sex age or handicap. Authors defend past works noting era context while editors discuss changing norms and publishing criteria aimed at fair treatment and non stereotypes.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
Helen Puner
Louisa Johnson
District Review Project
Puner
New York
the Gazette
Greene
Helen Buckley
Benefic
Johnson
Dan Frontier
Claire Bishop
First exhibit of modern Soviet Armenian art opens in New York
The Armenian General Benevolent Union of America Gallery hosts the Western Hemisphere debut of modern Soviet Armenian art from October 5 to October 15, featuring works by Armenian artists and highlighting cultural exchange between Armenia and the United States.
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New York
Armenian General Benevolent Union of America
Steinberg Exhibit At Hirshhorn Through Nov 27
Washington AP reports a major Steinberg show spanning nearly 200 works continues at the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden through November 27, highlighting the Romanian-born American artist's breadth.
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Washington
Saul Steinberg
Smithsonian
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Shakespeare and Company Saint of Notre Dame Bookseller
George Whitman runs Shakespeare and Company opposite Notre Dame in Paris. He offers free lodging and meals to travelers while keeping 30,000 volumes, many not for sale, and hosts tea at 4 pm. The three story shop doubles as a cultural hub, reviving Paris Magazine and attracting famed writers despite occasional legal friction.
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Paris
Shakespeare and Company
George Whitman
Notre Dame Cathedral
Rue de la Bucherie
Whitman
Walt Whitman
Saint of Notre
James Joyce
Ulysses
Sylvia Beach
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sherwood Anderson
Ernest Hemingway
Ezra Pound
Will Shakespeare
House of Books
James Jones
Allen Ginsberg
Langston Hughes
Lawrence Durrell
Gregory Corso
Richard Wright
Bhut
Bony
Bostonian
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Sigmund Freud
Buckley
Bishop
Kurt Wiese
America
Bennett Cerf
Iowa
Pan
Gatdorm
DAN Frontier Yydons Exploring
Fue
PO Cease
Hwhet
Jay Withee
Christie Wallace
Steinberg
Nino Lo Bello
Tumbledown Mart
Goal A Magazine
City of Light
Goodyear Situs
Thomas Plumbing Service, Inc
15Th Street
Bennie
Iowa Theatre
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