The works of (deep breath) James Patterson, Carl Hiaasen, Hunter S Thompson, John Grisham, Joyce Carol Oates, John Updike, Alice Walker, Pablo Neruda and Andre Gide (and others!) were all blocked in Texas prisons.
Quote of the day: "The Elements of Persuasion: Use Storytelling to Pitch Better, Sell Faster and Win More Business was rejected in December, the American Statesman reported, because censors feared it 'could be used to persuade others'."
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Hey, and it doesn't stop at books, either. Apparently, you can't play D&D in prison in Wisconsin.
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is there no justice?
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