From: "Mowry, Donald D." <DMOWRY@uwec.edu> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:50:23 -0500 Subject: FW: Big Read Censorship Panel this Tuesday Message-ID: <EEA4CA65D05DC54E874A89D9F518681918AF257CB5@CHERRYCOKE.uwec.edu>
Just a reminder about the censorship event tonight.
Don Mowry
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CENSORSHIP & 'FAHRENHEIT 451': A PANEL DISCUSSION
Part of The Eau Claire Big Read: www.ecbigread.org<http://www.ecbigread.org
/>
Tuesday, April 24 - 7:30-9:00 p.m. - Eau Claire Room, L.E. Phillips Memoria
l Public Library
A panel of experts will discuss banned books and intellectual freedom in Am
erica as those issues relate to the themes of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
and similar works. The session will focus on questions from the audience a
fter some opening dialog.
Moderated by Timothy Shiell, professor of philosophy at UW-Stout, the panel
will include:
Dr. Nicholas Karolides - A professor of English at UW-River Falls, Karolide
s is an author of several books on censorship and banned books, including:
The Encyclopedia of Censorship (2005), and 120 Banned Books: Censorship His
tories of World Literature (2005). He is an editor of Censored Books: Criti
cal Viewpoints (1993).
Ginny Moore Kruse - Between 1976 and 2002, Kruse was director of the Cooper
ative Children's Book Center of the School of Education at UW-Madison. On t
he occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Freedom to Read Foundation in 19
99, Kruse was named to an Intellectual Freedom "Roll of Honor," acknowledgi
ng Intellectual Freedom "Champions" in each of the 50 states.
Michael Golrick - Director of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library in
Eau Claire.
Tim Hirsch - Professor emeritus of English at UW-Eau Claire.