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“Maus,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the experiences of Holocaust survivors that was recently banned by a Tennessee school board, has made the Amazon best-seller lis ...
By Jenny Gross A school board in Tennessee voted unanimously this month to ban “Maus,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust, from being taught in its classrooms because ...
After the board quietly removed "Maus" last month, February's meeting was packed with concerned parents, teachers and students who spilled into an overflow room to see how the board would respond ...
News of the McMinn County School Board's unanimous vote to remove Maus from its curriculum — and replace it with something else — earlier this month made headlines last week as the world was ...
A school district in Tennessee banned the use of “Maus,” a Pulitzer-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust, in its middle school classes, citing the work’s profanity and nudity in a 10-to ...
The McMinn County School Board in Tennessee made national news this winter by banning the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Maus by Art Spiegelman, a graphic novel about his parents’ experiences during the ...
The same board member said, “[Maus] shows people hanging, it shows them killing kids, why does the educational system promote this kind of stuff, it is not wise or healthy.” But this betrays a ...
The McMinn County School Board decided Jan. 10 to remove “Maus” from its curriculum, news outlets reported. Art Spiegelman won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for the work that tells the story of ...
A Tennessee school board's decision to remove Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Maus" from its curriculum has drawn international attention, including coverage from CNN, BBC and Times of Israel.
By Sophie Kasakove ATHENS, Tenn. — After the McMinn County School Board voted in January to remove “Maus,” a graphic novel about the Holocaust, from its eighth-grade curriculum, the ...
Spiegelman is speaking shortly after learning that a Tennessee school board voted unanimously this month to ban “Maus,” which in 1992 became the first graphic novel to win the Pulitzer Prize.
“This board is the arbiter of community standards,” one member said, to a chorus of boos from people in attendance. Two books of the graphic novel "Maus" by American cartoonist Art Spiegelman ...