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Sly · 12-12-2011, 09:41 AM

But after the Statesman reviewed five years' worth of publications — about 5,000 titles — whose rejections were appealed by inmates to the agency's headquarters in Huntsville and obtained through open records requests, one thing is clear: Texas prisoners are missing out on some fine reading.

Novels by National Book Award winners Pete Dexter, Joyce Carol Oates, Annie Proulx and William T. Vollmann have been banned in recent years. Award finalists Katherine Dunn and Barry Hannah are on the Texas no-read list, too, as are Pulitzer Prize winners Alice Walker, Robert Penn Warren and John Updike.

Prisoners can't peruse certain books by Pablo Neruda and Andre Gide, both Nobel laureates. "Krik? Krak!" by Haitian writer Edwidge Danticat, who last year won a MacArthur "genius" grant, is prohibited behind Lone Star bars. Books of paintings by some of the world's greatest artists — da Vinci, Picasso, Botticelli, Michelangelo — have been ordered out of state correctional facilities.

http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-...at-203986.html

porno jew · 12-12-2011, 09:53 AM

The Art Of Neckbeard

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I think we're on the same page here...

Caligari · 12-12-2011, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Sly

Did you read the book? That's not even what the book is about.

I've read enough of it, and it's pretty obvious that's what it is.

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Jakez · 12-12-2011, 11:21 AM

lol @ the book enabling sociopaths. Whatever guy.

AaronM · 12-12-2011, 04:23 PM

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I've read enough of it, and it's pretty obvious that's what it is.

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Based on the following statement alone, I'd say you haven't read any of it.

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.....this book is more proof as to how geniuinely fucked up society is right now.

And this part...Well, like Sly said, that's not what the book is about.

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The ends justify the means, do whatever it takes, fuck your friends if that's what it takes.

The message is pretty twisted.

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Caligari · 12-12-2011, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by AaronM

Based on the following statement alone, I'd say you haven't read any of it.
And this part...Well, like Sly said, that's not what the book is about.

Dude it's just not that complicated.
It's a bathroom dump read like most of those so called "self help" dime store pubs.

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Jakez · 12-12-2011, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Caligari

Dude it's just not that complicated.
It's a bathroom dump read like most of those so called "self help" dime store pubs.

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Your severe hatred for a book is funny, but it's honestly only causing more attention to it here.

Edit: lol and your post in the other thread(s) just makes me think you're the only sociopath in here..

Sly · 12-12-2011, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Caligari

Dude it's just not that complicated.
It's a bathroom dump read like most of those so called "self help" dime store pubs.

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You are all sociopathic sheep.

I have not read the book.

It's another "self-help" piece of garbage.

CyberHustler · 12-12-2011, 04:50 PM

If people can smuggle weed in and all kinds of other shit, I'm pretty sure this book is circulating behind them walls.

beemk · 12-12-2011, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Caligari

No premise here, just a fact. The reason this book is not allowed in prisons (and rightfully so) is that it nurtures and enables sociopathic criminal behavior.

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That's like saying that the person who originally taught the drivers ed class that the getaway driver for a bank robbery is responsible for what they did.

12-12-2011, 09:41 AM	#51
Sly Let's do some business! Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 31,289	But after the Statesman reviewed five years' worth of publications — about 5,000 titles — whose rejections were appealed by inmates to the agency's headquarters in Huntsville and obtained through open records requests, one thing is clear: Texas prisoners are missing out on some fine reading. Novels by National Book Award winners Pete Dexter, Joyce Carol Oates, Annie Proulx and William T. Vollmann have been banned in recent years. Award finalists Katherine Dunn and Barry Hannah are on the Texas no-read list, too, as are Pulitzer Prize winners Alice Walker, Robert Penn Warren and John Updike. Prisoners can't peruse certain books by Pablo Neruda and Andre Gide, both Nobel laureates. "Krik? Krak!" by Haitian writer Edwidge Danticat, who last year won a MacArthur "genius" grant, is prohibited behind Lone Star bars. Books of paintings by some of the world's greatest artists — da Vinci, Picasso, Botticelli, Michelangelo — have been ordered out of state correctional facilities. http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-...at-203986.html __________________ Vacares - Web Hosting, Domains, O365, Security & More - Paxum and BTC Accepted Wanted: CCBill pay sites for sale

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12-12-2011, 04:50 PM	#59
CyberHustler So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 25,214	If people can smuggle weed in and all kinds of other shit, I'm pretty sure this book is circulating behind them walls.