Lawrence Hall, HSG
An Apology to Brazos
Bookstore
on Banned Books Week
Oh, our descendants will burn with bitter shame
to remember, when punishing vile acts,
that most peculiar time, when
plain honesty was labeled 'courage’
-Yevtushenko, “Conversation with an
American Writer”
Dear Brazos Bookstore:
Several years ago I wrote you a polite note
Suggesting that you were a bit hyperbolic
On the touchy subject of banning books
“This is America,” I said; “it doesn’t happen here”
I was wrong
I apologize
And you are brave
Cordially,
Brazos Bookstore
www.brazosBookstore.com
2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
(I have no professional connection
with Brazos Bookstore, that wonderful, independent purveyor of books and an agora
of ideas.)
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