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FROM: "Stephanie Ann Thomas" <[removed]@owlsnet.owls.lib.wi.us>
REC'D: 2/18/00, 3:32 PM

Hello everyone, I would like your advice on adding William Burroughs book
"Naked Lunch" to a young adult collection. Recommended by a young adult
but I'm a little leary reading reviews. I haven't read the book myself.
This young adult also recommended Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh. So far
I'm not finding them at least in WI libraries in young adult collections.
Thank you for your help!

Stephanie Thomas
Waupaca Area Public Library

FROM: "Doxtator, Jan" <[removed]@uwsp.edu>
REC'D: 2/18/00, 3:46 PM

Neither title seems appropriate to a YA collection to me.
Jan
Jan Doxtator
Assistant Director/Reference Librarian
Portage County Public Library
1001 Main St.
Stevens Point, WI 54481
715-345-5360

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> From: Stephanie Ann Thomas[[removed]@owlsnet.owls.lib.wi.us]
> Reply To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 3:36 PM
> To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: Burroughs advice
>
> Hello everyone, I would like your advice on adding William Burroughs book
> "Naked Lunch" to a young adult collection. Recommended by a young adult
> but I'm a little leary reading reviews. I haven't read the book myself.
> This young adult also recommended Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh. So far
> I'm not finding them at least in WI libraries in young adult collections.
> Thank you for your help!
>
> Stephanie Thomas
> Waupaca Area Public Library
>

FROM: "Viccy Kemp" <[removed]@ci.carrollton.tx.us>
REC'D: 2/18/00, 4:43 PM

William Burroughs is an author you need to have in your adult collection. He
is a classic author, along the lines of Jack Kerouac, William Kennedy and
the rest of that ilk. It is not appropriate for a YA collection, the
language and situations are too adult (a la Trainspotting, which deals very
graphically with heroin addiction in Scotland).
HTH
Viccy Kemp
The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephanie Ann Thomas [[removed]@owlsnet.owls.lib.wi.us]
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 3:37 PM
> [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: Burroughs advice
>
> Hello everyone, I would like your advice on adding William Burroughs book
> "Naked Lunch" to a young adult collection. Recommended by a young adult
> but I'm a little leary reading reviews. I haven't read the book myself.
> This young adult also recommended Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh. So far
> I'm not finding them at least in WI libraries in young adult collections.
> Thank you for your help!
>
> Stephanie Thomas
> Waupaca Area Public Library

FROM: "Winfield Public Library" <[removed]@horizon.hit.net>
REC'D: 2/18/00, 5:11 PM

We have Burroughs in the adult collection.

Joan Cales
Winfield Public Library

At 03:36 PM 02/18/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Hello everyone, I would like your advice on adding William Burroughs book
>"Naked Lunch" to a young adult collection. Recommended by a young adult
>but I'm a little leary reading reviews. I haven't read the book myself.
>This young adult also recommended Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh. So far
>I'm not finding them at least in WI libraries in young adult collections.
>Thank you for your help!
>
>Stephanie Thomas
>Waupaca Area Public Library
>
>
>
Joan Cales
Special Services Librarian
Winfield Public Library
<<A HREF="http://www.wpl.org">http://www.wpl.org</A>>
email <[removed]@horizon.hit.net>

FROM: "J Heuer" <[removed]@itol.com>
REC'D: 2/18/00, 5:41 PM

We have these titles in the Adult fiction section which young adults have
access to. I would think in this situation if a parent objected we could
easily show them that the book was not in the YA section and then the
responsibility of finding out what their child is reading is on their
shoulders. Pretty much, ya's have access to anything in the library. The
exception will be videos. We are starting a new collection and anyone under
18 will not be able to check out R rated videos. I guess that eliminates the
movies "Trainspotting" and "Naked Lunch" (if we had them) but not the books.


--
Jeanne Heuer
Brown County Library
Green Bay, WI
[removed]@itol.com

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes, Art is knowing which ones
to keep." -anonymous

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>From: Stephanie Ann Thomas <[removed]@owlsnet.owls.lib.wi.us>
>To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
>Subject: Burroughs advice
>Date: Fri, Feb 18, 2000, 3:36 PM
>

> Hello everyone, I would like your advice on adding William Burroughs book
> "Naked Lunch" to a young adult collection. Recommended by a young adult
> but I'm a little leary reading reviews. I haven't read the book myself.
> This young adult also recommended Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh. So far
> I'm not finding them at least in WI libraries in young adult collections.
> Thank you for your help!
>
> Stephanie Thomas
> Waupaca Area Public Library
>

FROM: "Virginia Franklyn" <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 2/22/00, 2:20 PM

I have read both books several times and loved them.
However, I would definitely not recommend them for a
young adult collection. Both deal with very adult
themes and are not aimed at adolescents. Keep them in
your adult fiction collection, and curious young
adults can find them there.

Virginia Franklyn

--- Viccy Kemp <[removed]@ci.carrollton.tx.us> wrote:
> William Burroughs is an author you need to have in
> your adult collection. He
> is a classic author, along the lines of Jack
> Kerouac, William Kennedy and
> the rest of that ilk. It is not appropriate for a YA
> collection, the
> language and situations are too adult (a la
> Trainspotting, which deals very
> graphically with heroin addiction in Scotland).
> HTH
> Viccy Kemp
> The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want
> 'em!
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stephanie Ann Thomas
> [[removed]@owlsnet.owls.lib.wi.us]
> > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 3:37 PM
> > [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> > Subject: Burroughs advice
> >
> > Hello everyone, I would like your advice on adding
> William Burroughs book
> > "Naked Lunch" to a young adult collection.
> Recommended by a young adult
> > but I'm a little leary reading reviews. I haven't
> read the book myself.
> > This young adult also recommended Trainspotting by
> Irvine Welsh. So far
> > I'm not finding them at least in WI libraries in
> young adult collections.
> > Thank you for your help!
> >
> > Stephanie Thomas
> > Waupaca Area Public Library
>
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