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Danielle Sigler

Danielle Brune Sigler is Assistant Director and Curator for Academic Programs at the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin. She curated the exhibition "Banned, Burned, Seized, and Censored" at the Ransom Center.

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Fifty Shades of Joyce

<p>There is continued controversy over public libraries banning <i>Fifty Shades of Grey</i>. On Bloomsday, Danielle Sigler at the Ransom Center library in Texas looks back at another book that was censored on the charge of obscenity—James Joyce’s <i>Ulysses</i>. Plus, <a href="/content/dailybeast/galleries/2012/06/16/librarians-who-hated-ulysses-letters.html">librarians who hated <i>Ulysses</i></a>—letters from the Ransom Center archives.</p>

Danielle Sigler

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