Reading Lolita in Dubuque

In observance of Banned Books Week, September 27 through October 4, 2008, Carnegie-Stout Public Library is hosting Reading Lolita in Dubuque, a program to encourage Dubuquers to celebrate the freedom to read by checking out Vladimir Nabokov’s highly controversial and frequently banned novel Lolita, along with Azar Nafisi's bestselling memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran.

Some Dubuquers have already started celebrating . . .


Dubuque City Manager Mike Van Milligen ~
 
Dubuque Police Chief Kim Wadding ~
 
Dubuque Public Health Specialist Mary Rose Corrigan~ 

To celebrate your freedom to read, go to Carnegie-Stout Public Library and check out copies of Lolita and Reading Lolita in Tehran!