Litsy

#bookishpeople #funfact #SylviaPlathsGravestone #controversy
“ There‘s a society here of women who still think the name Hughes should be removed from Sylvia Plath‘s headstone—I‘m sure you‘ve heard about that, how they are always trying to etch it off the stone…

https://sylviaplathinfo.blogspot.com/2021/10/sylvia-plaths-grave.html?m=1

I had no clue about this very real controversy!

merelybookish I didn't know this but guess I'm not surprised. I know lots of Plath devotee LOATHE Ted Hughes. 2y

kspenmoll @merelybookish This had never occurred to me but I know about Ted Hughes reputation!!! 2y

DivineDiana I did not know of this. It‘s sad all around. 😞 (edited) 2y

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bibliothecarivs

The Ethics of Abortion | Jennifer A. Hurley

so-so

★★★☆☆

Pro: I liked the format: a short anthology of writings by various authors examining the issue from different perspectives.

Cons: It was fairly binary and could have benefited from more examples of the messiness of morality. It was published in 2001 and often refers to events of its time so it's somewhat outdated now.

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Darklunarose

The Hand That Signed the Paper | Helen Dale

bailed

I have been reading this little by little but I honestly can not finish this. I‘m at the conclusion that I can not read war without being triggered badly.

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Darklunarose

The Hand That Signed the Paper | Helen Dale

A little heavier read to start tomorrow

CarolynM I remember all the controversy about this book and it's author. I'll be interested to see what you think of it. 3y

Darklunarose @CarolynM I‘ll have to try to get though it. I‘m hesitant, I don‘t do war, but it‘s one of the few stories set in the Ukraine the library has for my reading around the world challenge. 3y

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sharread

Untitled | Unknown

I purchased this book for .25 at the #library and now that I research it I've never seen a book rated this low on #Goodreads

There's definitely #controversy about it.

Has anyone read this book before?

#BannedBooks

xicanti I read it long ago. It‘s terrible. The author‘s a very rich dude who self published it and gave hundreds of thousands of copies away for free through sites like BookCrossing, which is how I got it. Nobody knew what his deal was until after the books were distributed. 3y

sharread Thanks the reviews on Goodreads are so funny. 3y

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Dilara

Wings | Mikhail Alekseevich Kuzmin

Wings, an openly gay novel, was published in Russia in 1906. Obviously, there was some pushback at the time, but still... literary circles at the time must have been rather progressive. In fact, Anna Akhmatova mentions Mikhail Kuzmin several times in her poetry - they were friends -, which is how I came across him in the first place.

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rsteve388

American Dirt | Jeanine Cummins

So if you are interested in reading this book, I'd like to invite you to go read the tweets #AmericanDirt This book is a white washed novel of the lives experiences of Mexicans and immigrants.

Here's a link that's talk about the issues surrounding this book. https://tropicsofmeta.com/2019/12/12/pendeja-you-aint-steinbeck-my-bronca-with-f...

#Controversy

Scochrane26 I‘ve seen some comments about this book & am glad to know so I don‘t read it. 5y

rsteve388 I was so pissed when I read the article I posted. I sadly feel into the trap of wanting to read this book cause it was so widely advertised and was on a bunch of different "Must Read Lists" even Oprah's! 5y

rsteve388 Holy shit the story gets worse!!! The author got her nails done, like the cover of her book and... At her publishing party event she wrapped the center pieces in Barbed WIRE!!!! Ahhhhh how do you not know how wrong that is??? 5y

Skygoddess1 I first heard about this book, when my bookstore announced her eventual tour stop a couple months ago and said it would be a ticketed event. This was before the controversy of the story came out, so not knowing who this woman was or even what the story was about as to why my local indie felt the need to pre-sell tickets to her signing, I read the synopsis. After reading the synopsis, I said a hard no and pass! Since the controversy, same answer 5y

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LiterRohde

Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration | Vera Nazarian

“A long time ago people believed that the world is flat and the moon is made of green cheese. Some still do, to this day. The man on the moon is looking down and laughing.”

#QuotsyApr19 | 17: #Controversy

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