Talk:Margaret Laurence

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I tried to add form and function to the srticle as it was pretty sparse for such a valuable Canadian writer. I was having 'technical difficulties' saving some edits, so I may have just duplicated some edits. Anyway, more definitrely could be added but I don't have time now. --Mikerussell 04:00, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Banned books

I edited out this line which was written at the bottom of the Bibliography section:

Some of her works, in particular, A Jest of God, The Stone Angel, and The Diviners, have been banned by some school boards and high schools based on religious objections.

This is too vague and thus misleading. In fact, her works are so widely used in schools that the few attempts to ban their use is thus so noteworthy. I know some boards had debates, one near Peterborough, but forget the specifics now. I think someone should look up where the banning controverseies took place and re-add it in the body of the article and not as a postscript to a List of Works section.--Mikerussell 04:43, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm in full agreement with Mikerussell and will question the use of the word "banned". I have a vague memory that there was some call to remove this title as course material, but very much doubt that any school or schoolboard removed the novel from libraries and prohibited copies from being brought into their respective buildings. Only that would be a true ban.--Victoriagirl 02:12, 8 August 2006 (UTC)