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Kapuściński

NON-FICTION Politics

Kapuściński and the Autocrats

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Ryszard Kapuściński, Shah of Shahs, The Emperor

The late Polish journalist, like no other writer, understood societies in crisis

Orwell

The Boys Who Cried Orwell

January 13, 2021January 16, 2021 Neal Pollack 1 Comment 1984, Andrew Sullivan, Animal Farm, Bret Stephens, Christopher Hitchens, George Orwell, Joe Biden, Josh Hawley, Louis Menand, Ron Charles, Sean Spicer, Ted Cruz

Everything is Orwellian, apparently

ngo

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Ngo is a No-Go at Powell’s

January 12, 2021January 18, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments Andy Ngo, Portland, Powell's Books, Proud Boys, Sarah Jeong, Unmasked

Portland bookstore pulls anti-Antifa book after protests

Hawley

NON-FICTION Politics

Simon & Schuster De-Platforms Josh Hawley

January 7, 2021January 11, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments Bob Woodward, Donald Trump, James Gunn, John Bolton, Josh Hawley, Mary L. Trump, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Sean Hannity, Simon & Schuster, Tucker Carlson

After supporting Capitol attack, Missouri Senator loses his publisher

CREATORS FILM Politics

An Online Festival Isn’t a Festival

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Austin, Austin City Limits, COVID, festivals, SIFF, SXSW, The New Yorker

Let’s stop pretending they count

Ken Jennings

Gaming Politics TELEVISION

The People Vs. Ken Jennings

January 5, 2021January 13, 2021 Jake Harris 0 Comments Alex Trebek, Bean Dad, James Holzhauer, John Roderick, Ken Jennings

What is: Never Tweet?

Disrupt Texts

FICTION Politics

Disrupt Texts’ Radical Agenda

January 4, 2021January 11, 2021 Jamie Mason 0 Comments #disruptexts, Disrupt Texts, Heather Levine, Lorena German, The Odyssey, William Shakespeare

A more inclusive curriculum? Or ad-hoc social engineering?

Cancel Culture

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Cancel Culture: The Lit-World Year In Review

December 29, 2020January 4, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments Abigail Shrier, American Dirt, Apropos Of Nothing, J.K. Rowling, Jeanne Cummins, Jordan Peterson, Joseph Epstein, Julie Burchill, Marisa Corvisiero, Sasha White, Tobias Literary Agency, Woody Allen

Most of 2020’s ‘canceled’ books are actually doing quite well, thank you

Cartoon Network

Politics TELEVISION

Cartoon Network Presents Critical Race Theory for Kids

December 15, 2020December 21, 2020 Jamie Mason 2 Comments Antiracism, Cartoon Network, Critical Race Theory, Kira Banks, Steven Universe

Is its recent PSA encouraging a more diverse telling of history…or something else?

Joseph Epstein

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Joseph Epstein Steps In It

December 13, 2020December 21, 2020 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Henry James, I Wipe My Ass On Your Novel, Irving Kristol, Jill Biden, Joseph Epstein, Norman Podhoretz, Northwestern University, The American Scholar, The Wall Street Journal

My former teacher made fun of Jill Biden’s Ph.D. this weekend, and reaped the whirlwind

Jordan Peterson

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Publishing Staff Protest New Jordan Peterson Book

November 26, 2020December 2, 2020 Katie Smith 2 Comments Helen Dale, Jordan Peterson, Penguin Randomhouse Canada, Tucker Carlson, Vice

The ‘Professor Against Political Correctness’ has 12 more rules to live by

Biden

CREATORS Politics

Can Joe Biden Save the Arts?

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Amazon, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Kanye West, the arts, Wynton Marsalis

We’ve got a country, let’s put on a show

Arts

CREATORS Politics

We’ve Destroyed the Arts

October 6, 2020October 14, 2020 Neal Pollack 8 Comments Atlanta Opera, Austin, ballet, Blur, dance, Dave Rowntree, Josephine Baker, Los Angeles, Louise Alder, New York City, Opera, Pagliacci, Theater

Apparently, in a pandemic, culture is meaningless

Comey Rule

Politics TELEVISION

The Comey Drool

October 1, 2020October 2, 2020 G.L. Ford 0 Comments Brendon Gleeson, Donald Trump, James Comey, Jeff Daniels, The Comey Rule

Showtime miniseries is more like an anti-Trump Twitter feed than a film

Political

FILM Politics Uncategorized

Seven Movies About Living Under Political Conflict

September 21, 2020September 24, 2020 Matt Hanson 0 Comments Black Girl, David Straithairn, Edward R. Murrow, George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck, Howard Zinn, Ingrid Bergman, Jimmy Stewart, John Carpenter, John Ford, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Ousmane Sembene, Roberto Rossellini, Rome: Open City, Rowdy Roddy Piper, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, The People Speak, They Live, Yves Montand, Z

Nothing we’re going through is new

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