<em>Publishers Weekly</em> feature article
This article features reflections of YA authors and publishers on the conflicts between young readers and adults on reading patterns and taste. Authors include Robert Cormier, Harry Mazer, Norma Klein, Roald Dahl, Daniel Keyes, and Judy Blume. Publishers include Richard Jackson, Phyllis Fogelman, and Stephen Roxburgh. These thoughts are excerpts from Mark West's anthology of interviews with these figures, titled, <em>Trust Your Children: Voices Against Censorship in Children's Literature</em>.
Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
24 July 1987
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo
JPG, 8.3 x 11 paper
English
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Letter from Robert Cormier to Clare Duddy 11 Oct. 1997
Cormier identifies with Clare's plight for substantial reading for young adults.
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Fitchburg State University Robert Cormier Collection
11 Oct. 1997
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo
<a href="https://cormiercensorship.omeka.net/items/show/1">Letter from Clare Duddy 14 Sept. 1997</a>
JPG, 8.5 x 11 paper
English
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Letter from Robert Cormier to Maxine Goodsell 7 February 1998
Cormier writes about the limiting influence literature would have on the behavior of its readers.
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
7 February 1998
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo
JPG, 8.5 x 11 paper
English
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Margaret Silver's article "Fashioning Adult Readers: Robert Cormier as Facilitator"
Teacher Margaret Silver talks about the need for strong YA literature. Silver finds Cormier a good example of a writer that prepares young readers for more difficult reading and for real-life problems.
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
1998
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo
JPG
English
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Marion Dane Bauer's article "The Censor Within"
Bauer discusses how morality is not a useful criterion to judge literature before going on to interpret the misunderstandings censors have of children's minds. She also explores how censorship directed at children may differ from that of adults.
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
Fall 1984
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo
8.5 x 11 xerox copies
English
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Speech on childhood reading, writing, and the fear behind censorship PART I
This speech addresses Cormier's childhood and adolescent reading and writing. It includes the introduction to his 20th Anniversary edition of <em>I Am the Cheese</em> and letters from objectors.
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo
<a href="https://cormiercensorship.omeka.net/items/show/12">Speech on childhood reading, writing, and the fear behind censorship PART II</a>, <a href="https://cormiercensorship.omeka.net/items/show/67">M Cluff letter to Robert Cormier 18 Feb. 1992</a>, <a href="https://cormiercensorship.omeka.net/items/show/68">Robert Cormier's reply to M Cluff 24 Feb. 1992</a>
JPG, 8.5 x 11 paper
English
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Speech on childhood reading, writing, and the fear behind censorship PART II
This speech addresses Cormier's childhood and adolescent reading and writing. It includes the Introduction to his 20th Anniversary edition of <em>I Am the Cheese</em> and letters with objectors.
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Robert Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
Elise Takehana, Anna Consalvo
<a href="https://cormiercensorship.omeka.net/items/show/11">Speech on childhood reading, writing, and the fear behind censorship PART I</a>, <a href="https://cormiercensorship.omeka.net/items/show/67">M Cluff letter to Robert Cormier 18 Feb. 1992</a>, <a href="https://cormiercensorship.omeka.net/items/show/68">Robert Cormier's reply to M Cluff 24 Feb. 1992</a>
JPG, 8.5 x 11 paper
English
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