The future of book publishing, censorship, and “cancel culture”
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The future of book publishing, censorship, and “cancel culture”

Simon & Schuster will not distribute a book by Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, one of the policemen who shot Breonna Taylor. But crucially, this is not a publisher cancelling a book — Simon & Schuster is the book’s distributor. Let’s take a look at all the choke points in publishing and how their reaction to offensive…

Vague hand-wringing on cancel culture from J.K. Rowling and friends

Vague hand-wringing on cancel culture from J.K. Rowling and friends

Is it time to back away from “cancel culture,” which calls for demonizing the voices of those whom others deem to be transgressors? This is an important question. Now 150 writers and other figures have published a letter addressing it in Harper’s — and done a terrible job of it. Analyzing the Harper’s letter The…