Butler, Dean, 138–41

C

Calderone, Mary Steichen, 30–31, 102–3

Carter, Jimmy, 166

Carver, Raymond, 214

The Catcher in the Rye (Salinger), 13, 186–87

CBS Sunday Morning (TV show), 7

censorship, 145–53, 154–64, 165–74, 175–82, 183–93

of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Alexie), 67–68

of Are You There God? (Blume), 28

Banned Books Week (American Library Association), 156–57

book banning and libraries, 167, 175–78, 180, 201–9

book banning as contemporary problem, xvi–xvii, 207–9

book banning (mid to late 1970s), 149–53

DeSantis and Florida, 168–69

Island Trees School District v. Pico (1982), 149–51, 168

of Klein’s books, 156–64

literary criticism and, 145–49

of Maudie and Me and the Dirty Book (Miles), 154–56

Miller v. California (1973), 171

moral judgment of books and, 175–82

National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) on, 191–93

“On Being a Banned Writer” (Klein), 185–86, 187

Reagan and Religious Right, 165–68

recognition of writing vs., 214

Religious Right’s challenge to Blume, 183–91

Show Me! (McBride and Fleischhauer-Hardt), 169–70

Tiger Eyes (Blume) and, 171–74

Chambliss, Erika, 140

Chicago Tribune, 113, 133, 134–35, 189–91

child pornography, First Amendment and, 170–71. see also censorship

children’s books. see Blume, Judy, written works; censorship; publishing industry

Children’s Literature in Education (journal), 159

Childress, Alice, 150

Christian Science Monitor, 178–79, 182, 210

Clayburgh, Jill, 141

Cleary, Beverly, 11, 40, 80

CNN, 183–84

Comfort, Alex, 69–70, 107, 211

coming-of-age themes. see abortion; boys, book themes about; contraception; masturbation; menstruation; puberty; sexuality

“Communist” label, 29, 32

Concerned Citizens of Gwinnett (Georgia), 189–91

Connecticut, public libraries of, 206–8

contraception

Adolescent Family Life Act (AFLA) on, 181–82

“Big Four” view of, 75–76

birth control pill (Pill), 75–76, 95

Eisenstadt v. Baird (1972), 95

Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), 2

sexual pleasure of women and, 94–100