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L’Affaire Nora Pours Acid Into France’s Fissures

October 8, 2026 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Boualem Sansal, Censorship, Éditions Grasset, Editis, France, free speech, French literature, French politics, French publishing, Hachette, intellectual freedom, Jordan Bardella, Le Monde, Livres Hebdo, Michel Houellebecq, Olivier Nora, publishing industry, Régis Debray, Vincent Bolloré

A high-profile publisher’s latest move occurs against a backdrop of deep divisions in contemporary France

Since When Did It Become A Crime To Be a Jewish Writer?

July 14, 2026July 14, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments A Silent Moratorium, Amazon reviews, Antisemitism, antisemitism in publishing, authors, book bans, book publishing, book reviews, books, Censorship, cultural boycott, Dinaw Mengestu, Frankenstein's Matzah, free speech, freedom of expression, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Israeli writers, jewish identity, Jewish writers, K. Marcus, literary criticism, literary culture, October 7, Passover, PEN America, Publishing, publishing industry, Sally Rooney, Suzanne Nossel, writing

PEN’S latest scandal should be the final wakeup call

PEN President Resigns To Protest the Uncovering of Antisemitism

July 12, 2026July 12, 2026 Rebecca Kurson 0 Comments Achille Lauro, Anne Boyer, anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, authors, BDS, Beirut Fragments, book publishing, cancel culture, Censorship, Dinaw Mengestu, Doubleday, editorial standards, free speech, freedom of expression, Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, Gaza, George Packer, Hamas, identity politics, Israel, Leon Klinghoffer, literary culture, Marjane Satrapi, New York Times Magazine, October 7, Park Slope Food Coop, PEN America, performative activism, performative quitting, Publishing, publishing industry, self-censorship, SodaStream, Suzanne Nossel, The Atlantic, The Believer, Thomas Gebremedhin, Vogue, writers

How did an organization designed to protect writers end up abandoning Jews to persecution?

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Calling all Byrd Watchers

July 7, 2026July 9, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments AIDS crisis, Annie Sprinkle, Bang My Box The Robin Byrd Story, Channel J, creator economy, documentary, free speech, gay rights, HBO, Jyllian Gunther, LGBTQ history, LGBTQ+, Max, New York City, public access television, public access TV, Reagan era, Robin Byrd, Sarah Jessica Parker, sex positivity, Shelly Byrd, social media, Stephanie Schwam, Television, transgender visibility, TV documentary

A Sarah Jessica Parker production portrays the sex-positive influencer who preceded social media

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‘Colossus’ the Film that Foretold the AI War

October 4, 2026October 7, 2026 Samuel Porteous 0

A prophetic all-star team from 1970 has been overlooked

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We Finally Get To See Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu’s Decade-Long Project, ‘Digger’

October 2, 2026October 7, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0

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Readers’ 14: October Books We’re Excited To Read

October 2, 2026October 5, 2026 Art McPhail 0

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Everything That’s Streaming in October 2026

October 1, 2026October 5, 2026 Jake Harris 0

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