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Posted on September 16, 2024 at 12:04 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Here's how literature and the law have been intersecting in the news recently.
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The Netflix show Dead Boy Detectives, based on characters co-created by author Neil Gaiman, is the third screen project to be pulled in the wake of sexual abuse allegations against the author, though it should be noted that no one has officially confirmed that the cancellations are because of the accusations (The Guardian).
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In happier legal news, a settlement was reached in a book-banning lawsuit against Florida's Nassau County School District; all of the books previously pulled will be returned, and the school board will be held to formal, tighter book-challenge processes in the future (Book Riot).
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Yavuz Ekinci, author of a book about a Kurdish man who flees oppression in Turkey, is facing what PEN International calls "bogus" charges of creating terrorist propaganda (The Guardian).
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To mark Prison Banned Books Week, Kelly Jensen points out how expensive — and still highly restricted — tablets in prisons and jails are (Book Riot).
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