Twitter Vigilantes Poison Social Media Discussion Of Young Adult Novels
“Led by a group of influential authors who pull no punches when it comes to calling out their colleagues’ work, and amplified by tens of thousands of teen and young-adult followers for whom online activism is second nature, the campaigns to keep offensive books off shelves” – often waged by people who haven’t read the novel they’re condemning – “are a regular feature in a community that’s as passionate about social justice as it is about reading.”
Public Broadcaster Sues LaVar Burton Over “Reading Rainbow”
The suit alleges “copyright infringement, conversion, cybersquatting, violations of the Lanham Act, breach of contract and interference with customer relations,” and seeks profits from LeVar Burton Reads, which Burton did describe on the podcast itself as “a Reading Rainbow for adults.”
Salman Rushdie, Kiran Desai, Pankaj Mishra, And Others On The Partition Of The Indian Subcontinent, 70 Years Later
“More than a million were killed and many millions more displaced by Indian partition. [Eleven] authors consider its bloody legacy and the crises now facing their countries.”
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