Judith Krug, super librarian, fearless champion of the First Amendment and fighter for the public's right to have access to controversial material,
died yesterday. As an artist who occasionally makes things that some people find offensive and controversial, I owe her a big debt of gratitude. But for her, everything from
Huckleberry Finn to
Catcher In the Rye to
Mein Kampf to
The Communist Manifesto would be absent from most library shelves in the USA.
Thank you Ms. Krug.
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