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A Missouri school district could ban ‘Maus,’ citing concerns about whether it is ‘explicit sexual material’

JL;DR SUMMARY The Nixa Public Schools in Missouri are considering banning Art Spiegelman’s acclaimed Holocaust graphic memoir, "Maus," due to concerns it could violate a new state law against providing explicit sexual material to students, despite no parents having filed complaints. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Education PolicyHolocaustState LawCensorshipMausArt SpiegelmanMissouriPen AmericaSchool BoardGraphic Novels

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Nixa, Missouri, United States
"Spiegelman himself is among those exhorting the board of Nixa Public Schools, a district of about 6,000 students in Christian County just south of the state capital of Springfield, not to remove his book and several others."
Missouri, United States
"Nixa is at least the third district in Missouri to seriously question whether current state laws allow it to stock Maus in schools."
Tennessee, United States
"when a Tennessee district voted to remove Maus from its middle school curriculum last year."
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
"One district near St. Louis ordered staff to temporarily pull not only Maus, but also hundreds of other illustrated books, including several Holocaust history books for young readers and art history books featuring Jewish artists."

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