A letter from Pat Conroy (author of The Prince of Tides)
A Letter to the Editor of the Charleston Gazette:
I received an urgent e-mail from a high school student named Makenzie Hatfield of Charleston, West Virginia. She informed me of a group of parents who were attempting to suppress the teaching of two of my novels, “The Prince of Tides” and “Beach Music.” I heard rumors of this controversy as I was completing my latest filthy, vomit-inducing work. These controversies are so commonplace in my life that I no longer get involved. But my knowledge of mountain lore is strong enough to know the dangers of refusing to help a Hatfield of West Virginia. I also do not mess with McCoys.
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2 comments:
awesome! well, not the book banning but the response of mr conroy.
did you know that my great grandma was a hatfield? eastern kentucky is just across the bridge from WV after all...
The sad part of book banning is that if some people just read something with an open mind and form their very own opion this world would be a greater place and thumbs up the Pat Conroy. jo
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