2015 PEN Literary Gala: Glenn Close and Tom Stoppard
Sir Tom Stoppard delivered the following remarks after being presented with the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award at the 2015 PEN Literary Gala. Tom Stoppard was introduced by Glenn… More
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In 2022, Utah passed a law banning books with "pornographic or indecent" content, causing one parent to demand The Bible be removed for scenes of "incest, onanism, bestiality, prostitution, genital mutilation, fellatio, dildos, rape, and even infanticide."
https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg5xng/parent-calls-bible-porn-and-demands-utah-school-district-remove-it-from-libraries