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    Rick Wartzman Reading and Lecture

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    Presented by Pikes Peak Library District at PPLD - Carnegie Reading Room

    November 1, 2008

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    Rick Wartzman, author of All Pikes Peak Reads 2008 selection Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, will be making a free public appearance on November 1. After a one-hour reception, he will speak about his recently-published book, which details the outcry from certain interests over The Grapes of Wrath, another APPR 2008 title. As Wartzman's subtitle states, Steinbeck's book was burned and banned in 1939, even though it was an instant bestseller. Obscene in the Extreme focuses on a Kern County, California librarian who fought the censorship of The Grapes of Wrath, taking on politicians and big agribusiness who argued that authors like Steinbeck were causing instability nationwide. Wartzman is director of Claremont Graduate University's Drucker Institute, an Irvine Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, and a columnist for BusinessWeek Magazine.


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        PPLD - Carnegie Reading Room

        20 N Cascade Ave
        Colorado Springs, CO 80903

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        Tickets: Free

        Info Phone: 531-6333, ext. 1212

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        November 1, 2008

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        6 p.m. reception
        7 p.m. presentation

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