After months of debate, Glendale Unified school board members finally reached a decision on whether or not Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" could be added to the curriculum for advanced placement students. District administrators, teachers, students and parents disputed the book for months, wrangling over the nonfiction novel's suitability for teenage readers.
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Glendale School Board OKs Capote's 'In Cold Blood'
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Glendale School Board Split on Whether True Crime Novel 'In Cold Blood' Is Too Cold and Too Bloody for High Schoolers
Glendale Unified School District is thinking twice about giving its stamp of approval to Truman Capote's novel "In Cold Blood."
The book is noteworthy for being the first nonfiction novel and for getting the whole true crime genre rolling. "In Cold Blood" documents the brutal and baffling murder of wealthy Kansas farmer Herbert Clutter.
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NY-based comedian Kumail Nanjiani performs his one man show "Unpronounceable" tonight at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Directed by The Aristrocrats’ director Paul Provenza, "Unpronounceable" chronicles Kumail’s Muslim upbringing in Pakistan and his move to Grinnell, Iowa, for college.
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