Blume writes in the (UK) Independent newspaper….
Author Judy Blume has said that book intolerance in America “is back so much worse” than before.
Her comments come in response to Blume’s novel Forever being one of 80 books banned in a Florida school district last month, over the book’s explorations of sexuality.
Blume’s stories caused much controversy in the US at the height of book censorship in the 1980s.
Her 1970 novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret was banned as it included characters discussing the menstrual cycle, while 1973’s Deenie was removed from shelves because of Blume’s teenage girl characters engaging in masturbation.
The author, whose books have sold an estimated 90 million copies, is worried about increasing intolerance towards literature. She also scoffed at the recent censoring of the Roald Dahl stories.
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