Karen Finley, Banned Books Week and the responsibilities of art

It's only fitting that the 25th anniversary edition of Karen Finley's “Shock Treatment” (City Lights: 144 pp., $15.95 paper) should come out in time for Banned Books Week, the literary holiday about which I feel most consistently ambivalent. If Banned Books Week represents, in many ways, a celebration... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

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PW Picks: Books of the Week, Mar. 30, 2020

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Book Deals: Week of March 30, 2020

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