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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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A ‘Giant’ Arrives on Broadway

April 5, 2026April 8, 2026 Michael Washburn 1 Comment 1983 setting, American vs British Jews, Antisemitism, author controversy, Aya Cash, book publishing crisis, Booker Prize history, British theatre, class dynamics Britain, Farrar Straus, freedom of speech vs responsibility, Giant play, Great Missenden, Holocaust survivor narrative, Israel criticism, Israel Lebanon conflict, Jessie Stone character, jewish identity, John Lithgow, Lebanon War 1982, Literary adaptation, Mark Rosenblatt, Middle East politics, PR crisis, public backlash, publishing industry, Roald Dahl, The Witches, Tom Maschler

A new play about the Roald Dahl scandal lands stateside after sold-out West End run

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The BFG Raygun Interview

September 11, 2026September 14, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 0

Australia’s most famous breakdancer talks about the Olympics and ‘Untold: Raygun: Breaking Badly’

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‘The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias’ Preaches Radical Pessimism at the End of the World

September 9, 2026September 14, 2026 Austin Tannenbaum 0

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A Spinoza professor undergoes an existential crisis in ‘The Basics of Philosophy’

September 8, 2026September 11, 2026 Austin Tannenbaum 0

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There’s No Need To Hide Your ‘Lion’ Eyes

September 7, 2026September 11, 2026 Robert Dean 0

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