Gum and the Mother of Modern Censorship

THE STORIES: GUM. In this violent fairy tale, two cloistered sisters discover new appetites. GUM takes place in a fictional fundamentalist country, inspired by a true scandal in which young Egyptian women were rumored to have had sex with boys in cars. The explanation? Tainted gum, part of a foreign plot to undermine the virtue of traditional girls. Too outrageous to be real, too terrifying to be anything else, GUM depicts the glee and the horror of sexual awakening in a fiercely restrictive culture. Explicit sexual content. (2 men, 3 women.) THE MOTHER OF MODERN CENSORSHIP. An office comedy behind veils, THE MOTHER OF MODERN CENSORSHIP tells the story of a power grab in a world where purity is the ticket to success. The setting is the Music Censorship Headquarters of a fictional fundamentalist country. In the face of ever-shifting rules and restrictions, the chief music censor and her loyal assistant must prove they are worthy to screen out the smut. (1 man, 3 women.)Hartman, Karen is the author of 'Gum and the Mother of Modern Censorship' with ISBN 9780822219279 and ISBN 0822219271.