{"id":6215,"date":"2020-11-02T09:15:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T14:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=6215"},"modified":"2025-07-22T09:50:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T13:50:23","slug":"author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2016\/author\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Book Week 2016 &#8211; Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<p><!-- *  START LEFT COLUMN  *--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-3\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<div>\n                                            \n        \n    <div\n        id=\"books-by-year\"\n        x-data=\"accordion('books-by-year', false)\"\n        class=\"rounded-lg overflow-hidden mb-2 transition-all duration-300 ease-out bg-gray-50\"\n        x-bind:class=\"expanded ? 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<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/al-capone-does-my-shirts\/\">Al Capone Does My Shirts<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dawe, Ted &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/into-the-river\/\">Into the River<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dawson, James &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/this-book-is-gay\/\">This Book is Gay<\/a><\/li>\n<li>de Haan, Linda &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/king-and-king\/\">King &amp; King<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dorfman, Ariel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/death-and-the-maiden\/\">Death and the Maiden<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Foer, Jonathan Safran &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/extremely-loud\/\">Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Forman, Gayle &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/just-one-day\/\">Just One Day<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gaiman, Neil &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/sandman-vol-2-the-dolls-house\/\">The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll&#8217;s House<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Green, John &#8211; 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<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/glass\/\">Glass<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hosseini, Khaled &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/kite-runner\/\">The Kite Runner<\/a><\/li>\n<li>James, E. L. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/fifty-shades-of grey\/\">Fifty Shades of Grey<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jennings, Jazz &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/i-am-jazz\/\">I am Jazz<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kean, Sam &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/disappearing-spoon\/\">The Disappearing Spoon: And Other Tales, of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kilodavis, Cheryl &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/my-princess-boy\/\">My Princess Boy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kleinbaum, N. H. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/dead-poets-society\/\">Dead Poet&#8217;s Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kuklin, Susan &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/beyond-magenta\/\">Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lahiri, Jhumpa &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/namesake\/\">The Namesake<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Levithan, David &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/two-boys-kissing\/\">Two Boys Kissing<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lobdell, Jim &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/history-alive\/\">History Alive!: The Medieval World and Beyond<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MacLaverty, Benard &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/Cal\/\">Cal<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mariller, Juliet &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/daughter-of-the-forest\/\">Daughter of the Forest<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Morrison, Toni &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/beloved\/\">Beloved<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nijland, Stern &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/king-and-king\/\">King &amp; King<\/a><\/li>\n<li>O&#8217;Brien, Tim &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/the-things-they-carried\/\">The Things They Carried<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pardi, Francesca &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/little-egg\/\">Little Egg (Piccolo Uovo)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Perritano, John &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/amityville\/\">Amityville<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pittman, Gayle &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/this-day-in-june\/\">This Day in June<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Satrapi, Marjane &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/persepolis\/\">Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Skloot, Rebecca &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks\/\">The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Steinbeck, John &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/of-mice-and-men\/\">Of Mice and Men<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Stokstad, Marilyn &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/art-history\/\">Art History: Eighteenth to Twenty-First Century Art<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Summers, Courtney &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/some-girls-are\/\">Some Girls Are<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tamaki, Jillian &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/this-one-summer\/\">This One Summer<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tamaki, Mariko &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/this-one-summer\/\">This One Summer<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Texier, Ophelie &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/jean-has-two-moms\/\">Jean Has Two Moms (Jean a deux Mamans)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thompson, Craig &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/habibi\/\">Habibi<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Twain, Mark [Samuel L.Clemens] &#8211; 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