The best response to serial irritant Milo Yiannopoulos is not be enraged but to leave his new book on the shelfFor everyone outraged by the rise and rise of Milo Yiannopoulos, it may be some consolation that the British journalist has yet, for all his efforts, to join the list of notables – Madonna, Boris, Adolf, Popeye – who are internationally recognised by their first names.Most reports of Yiannopoulos’s new book deal with Simon & Schuster have been obliged to include some biographical background, on behalf of the completely baffled, if only to the effect that the Milo byline at Breitbart is the same Milo who, under the name Milo Andreas Wagner, self-published a slim volume of verse, Eskimo Papoose. Related: My night out in Cleveland with the worst men on the internet Even his most loyal fans must wonder how and in what voice the campus entertainer will construct an entire memoir Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2017-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In “Cyclopedia Exotica,” the artist and writer Aminder Dhaliwal created a fictitious community facing xenophobia, fetishization and media misrepresentation. It’s resonating with her thousands of Instagram followers. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-05-05 09:00:23 UTC ]
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Book Reviews Ghetto Heroes Square in Kraków / Photo by annaspies / Flickr Piotr Florczyk’s From the Annals of Kraków (Lynx House Press, 2020) narrates the searing realization of an almost unnoticed absence, a regret urging us to learn about... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2021-04-28 20:24:52 UTC ]
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The list, compiled by the American Library Association, is meant to inform the public about censorship. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-04-06 06:46:02 UTC ]
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TV personality, cookbook author and former model posted final tweets to 13.7m followers before shutting down account Chrissy Teigen said goodbye to her 13.7 million Twitter followers on Wednesday night in a series of posts acknowledging the abuse and hatred on the platform.“Hey. For over 10... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-03-25 12:40:11 UTC ]
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Pandemic Dispatches Images courtesy of Italo Lanfredini / italolanfredini.it Invitations The outside brick wall of La Silenziosa, Italo Lanfredini’s house-studio-open-air-museum near Commessaggio, Italy, features a Wall of Song (Muro del canto). Amidst... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2021-03-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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In the latest installment of NYU's Media Talk series, Brit Bennett and her editor and marketing director discuss what made her sophomore novel, 'The Vanishing Half,' such a success. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt Jr., the self-described "smut peddler who cares" who used his pornography empire and flair for the outrageous to push the limits of free speech, has died at the age of 78. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2021-02-11 02:25:53 UTC ]
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Sandstone Press is to publish a book of speeches by Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-02 21:53:50 UTC ]
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She also wrote a memoir about her parents, anthropologists Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-01-15 14:46:04 UTC ]
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What do Brit Bennett, Megan Thee Stallion, and Sascha Baron Cohen all have in common? They’ve all joined The Weeknd in being named Entertainment Weekly’s 2020 Entertainers of the Year. Though I’ve loved Bennett since her 2017 debut novel The Mothers, this well-deserved recognition comes on the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-12-03 16:03:02 UTC ]
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Vintage imprint Jonathan Cape will publish Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett, author of Pond (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2015). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-30 16:16:38 UTC ]
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You would expect the recent coronavirus crisis to have helped digital entertainment, but with reading it is still led by the traditional hardback and softback formats. However, the pandemic is helping to dethrone physical books, as people are more cautious about going out. While paper books... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2020-11-11 10:35:53 UTC ]
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QuoScript, a new publishing company initially specialising in YA and crime fiction, has been co-founded by Salt director Linda Bennett. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-05 01:17:21 UTC ]
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This month, cartoonist Peter Bagge returns to his indie comics roots and to Buddy Bradley, one of his most enduring characters, when Fantagraphics publishes 'The Complete Hate', a three-volume collection of Bagge’s fictional chronicle of the gruff, heading nowhere fast 1990s slacker. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Dara McAnulty, Brit Bennett and Maggie O’Farrell are among the authors shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2020 title. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-02 04:03:38 UTC ]
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Brit Bennett, Dara McAnulty, Kiley Reid and Rutger Bregman are among the authors shortlisted by booksellers for this year's Books Are My Bag Readers Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-30 00:27:03 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate has won a 10-publisher auction for Pauline Harmange’s I Hate Men, which caused a storm on its release in France, with calls for it to be banned. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-27 13:23:29 UTC ]
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‘Mrs Dan’ called a ‘mean girl’ for liking positive tweets about her husband. Plus, AM and PM escape the big cities“A ban from Mrs Dan” were the words on the front page of the Australian on Thursday, pointing to a column inside that took issue with Catherine Andrews, the wife of the Victorian... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-09-11 02:08:51 UTC ]
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Brit Bennett brings her bestselling novel, "The Vanishing Half," to L.A. Times Book Club readers. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-08-25 22:33:56 UTC ]
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