Summary: National Banned Books Week begins at the end of September, and Penguin Classics is the proud publisher of several notable works, including The Grapes of Wrath, which is one of the most important pieces of literature in American history. NPR's Nancy Pearl joins us to discuss the importance of several challenged Penguin Classics, and her thoughts on what contemporary books could be challenged in the future. Rick Wartzman, the author of Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath' also talks to us about how he stumbled upon a fascinating story about The Grapes of Wrath and it's history in 1930's California.
