Lauren Myracle

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Name: Lauren Myracle

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First Reported Nov 06 2009 - Updated Nov 06 2009 - 1 Documents

Can You Put Gay Characters In A Kid's Book?

Would a book with a pair of gay characters appear at Scholastic's book fairs? If not, there was angry talk of a boycott. And if so, well, there is also angry talk of a boycott. The book in question is a novel called Luv Ya Bunches by Lauren ... [Published Nov 06 2009 by The Huffington Post | Full News Feed]

Entities: Gay, Boycott, Lauren Myracle

First Reported Nov 02 2009 - Updated Nov 02 2009 - 1 Documents

Book News: Sequels, Lesbians, T.S. Eliot’s Post-Wasteland Exhaustion and the Battle for Jack Kerouac’s Estate

With sequels to everything from Noddy, Winnie the Pooh, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and now a planned series of new Isaac Asimov novel’s it’s become the thankless task of a bunch of authors to keep the dead alive. A difficult job as Paul ... [Published Nov 02 2009 by Times LIVE Blogs - Posts]

Entities: Jack Kerouac, T. S. Eliot, Lesbian, Lauren Myracle

First Reported Oct 28 2009 - Updated Oct 28 2009 - 1 Documents

Scholastic Corporation

Scholastic backtracks on demand that author change book’s lesbian parents to a heterosexual couple.

Lauren Myracle’s new book “ Luv Ya Bunches ” focuses on four girls and is meant to depict the “the lasting friendships” that blossom out of “the shifting alliances and rivalries that shape school days.” But Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher ... [Published Oct 28 2009 by Think Progress]

Entities: Scholastic Corporation, Heterosexuality, Lesbian, Lauren Myracle

First Reported Oct 01 2009 - Updated Oct 01 2009 - 1 Documents

Stephen Chbosky

Banned Books Week and "most challenged titles" of 2008!

This week is Banned Books Week in the United States. Sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA), American Booksellers Association, and a variety of other organizations, the week of events around the country celebrates intellectual freedom ... [Published Oct 01 2009 by Boing Boing]

Entities: Homosexuality, Stephen Chbosky, Lauren Myracle, Rudolfo Anaya, Peter Parnell

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Book News: Sequels, Lesbians, T.S. Eliot’s Post... [Times LIVE Blogs - Posts - Nov 02 2009] With sequels to everything from Noddy, Winnie the Pooh, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and now a planned series of new Isaac Asimov novel’s it’s become the ...
Scholastic backtracks on demand that author cha... [Think Progress - Oct 28 2009] Lauren Myracle’s new book “Luv Ya Bunches” focuses on four girls and is meant to depict the “the lasting friendships” that blossom out of “the shifting alliances ...
Banned Books Week and "most challenged tit... [Boing Boing - Oct 01 2009] This week is Banned Books Week in the United States. Sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA), American Booksellers Association, and a variety of ...