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Memories of the Lovecraft Wars

July 2, 2020July 3, 2020 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Cthulhu, H.P. Lovecraft, Lovecraft, S.T. Joshi, World Fantasy Awards

The cancellation of the Lovecraft World Fantasy Award statuette prefigured today’s culture battles

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Carl Reiner, RIP

June 30, 2020July 1, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Albert Brooks, Carl Reiner, Jeopardy!, Mel Brooks, Sid Caesar, Steve Martin, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Jerk

Comedy legend passes away at 98

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Bye Bye Blackvoice

June 29, 2020July 2, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Apu, Big Mouth, Bill Cosby, Christian Lorentzen, Family Guy, Fat Albert, Hank Azaria, Hari Kondabolu, Harry Shearer, Jenny Slate, Kristen Bell, Mike Henry, Nick Kroll, Seth MacFarlane, The Simpsons

Casting changes afoot after white actors give up their roles

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The End of Hipster Blackface

June 25, 2020July 1, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments 30 Rock, Adam Carolla, Billy Crystal, Bob Odenkirk, Caitlin Olson, Charlie Day, David Cross, Glenn Howerton, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Jane Krakowski, Jenny Slate, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Justin Trudeau, Karl Malone, Keegan Michael Key, Mr. Show, Robert Downey Jr., Ted Danson, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Tropic Thunder, Whoopi Goldberg, Zach Braff

All our favorite comedy stars were doing it, and we laughed along

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Critical Mess: The NBCC Implosion

June 23, 2020June 26, 2020 Katharine Coldiron 0 Comments Carlin Romano, Hope Wabuke, Ismail Muhammad, NBCC

The National Book Critics’ Circle’s old-guard members refuse to roll with the times

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The Defiling of Miguel de Cervantes

June 22, 2020June 23, 2020 G.L. Ford 15 Comments 1984, Antifa, Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes, Ulysses S. Grant

Vandals in San Francisco desecrate a monument to the creator of the modern novel

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Juneteenth Book Fest Celebrates Black Authors

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Jason Reynolds, Juneteenth, Juneteenth Book Fest, Kayla Ancrum, LL McKinney, Tochi Onyebuchi

Organizers put new festival together in three weeks

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TERF Wars

June 18, 2020June 23, 2020 Katie Smith 2 Comments Andrew James Carter, Daniel Radcliffe, Dawn Ennis, Hachette, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Sara Benincasa, The Ickabog, transphobia

The strange, sad saga of J.K. Rowling, transphobe

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Cinestate of Disaster

June 16, 2020June 19, 2020 Pablo Gallaga 0 Comments Adam Donaghey, Alamo Drafthouse, Amanda Presmyk, Birth.Movies.Death, Cinestate, Dallas Sonnier, Devin Faraci, Fangoria, Fred Williamson, Rebeller, Sonny Bunch, Tim League

Sexual assault allegations shake the Texas film community

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#PublishingPaidMe Reveals Racial Disparities

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments #PublishingPaidMe, Angie Thomas, Chip Cheek, Jessmyn Ward, Mandy Len Catron, Roxane Gay

White writers report large advances and ad dollars

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Bruce Jay Friedman, as Remembered By His Sons

June 10, 2020June 11, 2020 Eddy Portnoy 0 Comments BJF, Bruce Jay Friedman, Drew Friedman, Issac Bashevis Singer

Genius comic writer and terrific dad

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The Haunting of Shirley Jackson

June 9, 2020June 11, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Elisabeth Moss, Josephine Decker, Logan Lerman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Odessa Young, Shirley, Shirley Jackson

‘Shirley’ gets at the unusual mind of an American literary master

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Remembering Alexander Cockburn

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Alexander Cockburn, Christopher Hitchens, Edward Said

Controversial lefty journalist battled the right wing and mainstream liberals

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Woody Allen’s Brilliant New Memoir is Actually Two Different Books

June 4, 2020June 24, 2020 Ken Kurson 7 Comments Alan Dershowitz, Alec Baldwin, Apropos Of Nothing, Diane Keaton, Greta Gerwig, Mia Farrow, Mira Sorvino, New York Times, Nick Apollo Forte, Ronan Farrow, Scarlett Johansson, Soon-Yi Previn, Woody Allen

A witty, self-deprecating showbiz reminiscence and a detailed, persuasive self-defense

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“Now Is The Time”

June 1, 2020June 3, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments All American Boys, Black Lives Matter, Brendan Kiely, Jason Reynolds

In online conversation, authors of ‘All American Boys’ plead for white families to join the conversation on race

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