‘Choose Your Fighter’–Which Petition Side Are You On?
It’s the lit snobs versus the Jewish slobs when it comes to cultural boycotts of Israel. We side with the slobs.
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Lee Child
Booker Prize Nominees and Sally Rooney Up the Ante When It Comes To Literary Antisemitism
Big names sign a letter condemning Israel cultural institutions
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Not For ‘Reacher’
Season one of ‘Reacher’ was good fun. Season two, overloaded with weak supporting characters, feels simultaneously cruel and a little dull
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Publishing Professionals Issue Orwellian ‘Dissent’ Against Amy Coney Barrett Memoir
One of the most cowardly, wrongheaded, pathetic statements in American literary history
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BFG Week in Review Podcast #044: ‘Encanto,’ ‘Flee,’ #Bendergate, and ‘Reacher’
Our editor and writers bust open the culture
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Hot for ‘Reacher’
Amazon serves up a faithful adaptation for Lee Child’s anti-bullying side of beef
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I’m Reading the Booker Prize Long List Novels So You Don’t Have To
They are sad and also depressing
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