Book bans are increasing in the US and have been a continuing problem and issue globally for centuries. Our group will read books by French and/or American authors and in some cases by American authors written in France. Our discussions will evaluate the impact on either or both countries as well as the influence in each country. Additionally, we will explore the reasons for the banning including target audiences and relevance of theme to the social milieu at the time of writing as well as banning. If banned in one but not both countries, we will explore why and the reactions to the bans in the respective countries.

Led by Connie Farrell Scuderi

• The Little Prince by Saint-Exupery
• Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
• The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein
• Declared Enemy by Jean Genet
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Candide by Voltaire and Jacques Fiot
• 1984 by George Orwell

• 17 January
• 21 February
• 20 March
• 17 April
• 15 May
• 19 June
• 17 July
• 21 August