Shades of grey

A good number of libraries are refusing to order the books, saying that they "violated its no-erotica policy" or "did not meet the standards of the community." The National Coalition Against Censorship's executive director, Joan Bertin, said it was "egregious" for a library to remove a book from its adult section. "There are some possible arguments for trying to keep kids away from certain kinds of content, but in the case of adults, other than the restrictions on obscenity and child pornography, there's simply no excuse," she said.