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"Banned" Books I Have Read

In honor of Banned Books Awareness Week, a list of the most banned books (based on American Library Association lists), which I have read:

"Challenged" refers to attempts to have removed from curricula or libraries, successful or not.

1990-2010 Most Challenged List:
Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling 
Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck 
His Dark Materials (series), by Philip Pullman 
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker 
Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger 
To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 
Bridge To Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson 
Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson 
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley 
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury 
The Joy of Gay Sex, by Dr. Charles Silverstein 
The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood 
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeline L’Engle 
The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton
Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes
James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett
Earth’s Children (series), by Jean M. Auel [I only read Clan of the Cave Bear]

Classics Challenged List:
The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger 
The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck 
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker 
1984, by George Orwell 
Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck 
Catch-22, by Joseph Heller 
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley 
Animal Farm, by George Orwell 
The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway 
The Call of the Wild, by Jack London 
The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien 
A Separate Peace, by John Knowles 
Naked Lunch, by William S. Burroughs
All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque

Book: Natural Beauty, The Classic Male Nude

Natural Beauty, The Classic Male Nude, a new book from Bruno Gmünder Verlag, Berlin, is out, featuring 7 of my works in a bylined gallery, plus the endpapers (uncredited). The uncredited endpapers seems like my lot in life -- my first cover was mis-credited. It's available from all the usual sources, including Amazon:

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Photo Shoot: Troy Moreno

My reward for getting my taxes done ahead of time was to spend tax day doing another photo shoot with Troy Moreno, who was again passing through the Bay Area. As so often happens when a the opportunity for a second shoot arises, with rapport already established, we were more that twice as productive as our first shoot.

Enjoy the new work (warning, this shoot includes erotic content):
http://www.louislasalle.com/Assets001/Photos/Troy_Moreno/Shoot5/index.htm

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Photo Shoot: Tristan Jaxx

Next up in the photo shoots is adult movie actor Tristan Jaxx. I knew Tristan was locally based from his profile on a modeling website. I'd been keeping an eye on him, with an intention of contacting him when "life calmed down". Then, returning from the theatre one night with a friend, Tristan got on the same bus with some of his friends. And then to top it off, parked right in front of us. While Tristan is professionally noted for... uhmm... another attribute, I can tell you that with myself seated, and Tristan standing, not more thatn 18 " away, I was eye-to-eye with one really awesome ass. And while I'd found him handsome in his photos, he's even more so in person... So I got in contact and we arranged a shoot.

BTW, he's a really nice guy. And he's a DJ too... so if you need a hot DJ for a gig, look him up!

Judge the result of the shoot for yourselves:
http://www.louislasalle.com/Assets001/Photos/Tristan_Jaxx/Shoot1/index.htm

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