Publishing NewsBanned-Books / diversity / Free Speech / George R.R. Martin / Hawaii Five-O / HBO / net neutrality / Nnedi Okorafor / Parthenon / tv adaptation1 Comments
Today’s the Day: Let’s Save Net Neutrality – Note: click past the initial notice on the EFF page – it’s part of their messaging about net neutrality. Also, they have a great avenue to send an email to the FCC. If you need to brush up on the some of ... more >
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Banning ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’? Virginia school pulls books after parent’s complaint – And here we go again. Huck Finn, in particular, has faced numerous challenges, in part because of the book’s ambiguous portrayal of racist attitudes, and in the wake of the U.S. election, we may see more challenges to ... more >
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Zadie Smith on the Politics of Fiction – Interesting interview with Zadie Smith on how much of today’s fiction provides readers with the opportunity to both escape and be “immersed” in current social and political realities. When asked if fiction writers can make readers see things from a different perspective, she ... more >
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Top 5 Ancient And Medieval Censored Books To Read During Banned Book Week – As long as people have been writing, others have been banning. From Abelard to Sappho to Ovid and beyond, censorship has been publicly ritualized to emphasize its (alleged) moral and cultural authority. 4. Ovid (Exiled in 8 CE): Although ... more >
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National Book Festival Highlights Prominent Latino/a Authors – This year’s National Book Festival appeared to leave out Romance, although this NBC news story emphasizes that the Festival did feature and celebrate a number of [email protected] authors, including Luis Alberto Urrea, Álvaro Enrique, Alberto Ruy Sanchez, and Pam Munoz Ryan. The lack of ... more >
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How Samsung Botched Its Galaxy Note 7 Recall – By now you’ve probably heard that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a mandatory recall on all Galaxy Note 7 phones, after 92 reports of overheated batteries (including 26 instances of human burns). However, apparently the recall was delayed due to ... more >