It's Banned Books Week! Have you read a banned book today?
	Herman Melville (Moby-Dick) died on this day in 1891
	Satirical novelist Christopher Buckley (God Is My Broker, Thank You for Smoking) was born on this day in 1952. He is the son of William F. Buckley Jr..
	John Dos Passos (Manhattan Transfer, the USA trilogy) died on this day in 1970
	Peter de Vries (The Tunnel of Love, The Blood of the Lamb) died on this day in 1993