Forbidden Passages: Writings Banned in Canada
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This literate, sexy, and politically provocative collection of writings featurs excerpts from some of the most significant publications seized at the Canadian border and ...Publishers WeeklyThe apathy of the U.S. literary industry to the ongoing campaign of censorship by its neighbors to the north continues, even as Customs siezures there mount. While publishing houses seem surprisingly content to suffer the occasional indignitiesand costsof filing legal defenses and recalling shipments, many individuals remain wholly ignorant that the works of such luminaries as Marguerite Duras, Dorothy Allison, bell hooks, and Kathy Acker are regularly held up at the Canadian border postssometimes later to be released, sometimes mysteriously disappearing. Cleis Press aims to challenge both U.S. ignorance and the Canadian government's right to determine what is fit reading for its populace with this collection of 19 excerpts from books previously siezed. The writers are mostly gay and lesbian, the subject matter ranging from Professor Richard Mohr's "Gay Studies as Moral Vision" from Beacon Press's accalimed Gay Ideas, to Susie Bright's "Egg Sex," on the effects of pregnancy on women's sexual desires. More important than the selections, however, are the two prefaces. Pat Califia delivers a cogent and passionate argument against state control of information, while the history of Canada's recently expanded rights of siezure is delineated by Vancouver's Little Sisters bookstore manager Janine Fuller. Unable to stock books their cutomers were requesting, Little Sisters filed suit against Canadian customs, so far incurring more than $200,000 in legal fees. Cleis is helping by donating proceeds from the book to Little Sisters; librarians can help by stocking this informative book in all public and academic libraries in the U.S.Eric Bryant, "Library Journal"
A Note from the Publisher7Dangerous Tongues9The Case Against Canada Customs25Alma Writing from Contract with the World37Merit Badges from My Biggest O41Drawing the Line on Censorship from Deneuve43From The Man Sitting in the Corridor47Mama from Trash49Spiral from Memories That Smell Like Gasoline59Anal Pleasure and the Anal Taboo from Anal Pleasure and Health: A Guide for Men and Women75Egg Sex from Sussie Bright's Sexual Reality: A Virtual Sex World Reader80Brother to Brother: Words from the Heart from In the Life: A Black Gay Anthology87From Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist #796From "Gay Studies as Moral Vision" from Gay Ideas: Outing and Other Controversies101From "The Surprise Party" from Macho Sluts110From Tom of Finland: Retrospective125Eating the Other: Desire and Resistance from Black Looks: Race and Representation130Dead: Carved Roses from Empire of the Senseless148From "Numb" from Frisk151The Daddy Closet from On Our Backs161Daddy's Little Girl from On Our Backs165Epilogue: On Writing Pornography from I Once Had a Master169
\ Publishers Weekly\ - Publisher's Weekly\ The apathy of the U.S. literary industry to the ongoing campaign of censorship by its neighbors to the north continues, even as Customs siezures there mount. While publishing houses seem surprisingly content to suffer the occasional indignitiesand costsof filing legal defenses and recalling shipments, many individuals remain wholly ignorant that the works of such luminaries as Marguerite Duras, Dorothy Allison, bell hooks, and Kathy Acker are regularly held up at the Canadian border postssometimes later to be released, sometimes mysteriously disappearing. Cleis Press aims to challenge both U.S. ignorance and the Canadian government's right to determine what is fit reading for its populace with this collection of 19 excerpts from books previously siezed. The writers are mostly gay and lesbian, the subject matter ranging from Professor Richard Mohr's "Gay Studies as Moral Vision" from Beacon Press's accalimed Gay Ideas, to Susie Bright's "Egg Sex," on the effects of pregnancy on women's sexual desires. More important than the selections, however, are the two prefaces. Pat Califia delivers a cogent and passionate argument against state control of information, while the history of Canada's recently expanded rights of siezure is delineated by Vancouver's Little Sisters bookstore manager Janine Fuller. Unable to stock books their cutomers were requesting, Little Sisters filed suit against Canadian customs, so far incurring more than $200,000 in legal fees. Cleis is helping by donating proceeds from the book to Little Sisters; librarians can help by stocking this informative book in all public and academic libraries in the U.S.Eric Bryant, "Library Journal"\ \ \ \ \ BooknewsA collection of excerpts from significant publications seized at the Canadian border as sexually degrading, obscene, or politically suspect. Contains writing by authors such as bell hooks and Susie Bright, and works from publications including Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist #7 and On Our Backs, plus images from a Tom of Finland retrospective. Introductory chapters explain the background of recent Canadian censorship and detail individual cases. Includes b&w illustrations. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
