Judith Butler, Masha Gessen, Rachel Kushner, Ben Lerner, V (formerly Eve Ensler) and others

‘WE ARE A GROUP OF JEWISH-AMERICAN writers, artists and academics. We oppose what the Israeli government is doing with US assistance…’

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/19/biden-jewish-americans-israel-gaza-call-for-ceasefire

 

THE MIDDLE AGE BLACK WOMAN with a well-worn face was coming toward the sign this morning. I looked at her face and wondered if the sign would matter to her. She didn’t look my way until she was shoulder to shoulder with me and hardly moving her mouth she said, Bless Ya.

 

This couple just published a Nobel winner from their living room


Transit Books, the American publisher of Nobel Prize-winning author Jon Fosse, is the rare publishing house that literally operates out of a house

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/10/13/transit-books-jon-fosse-nobel-prize/

 

Everything You Need to Know About the Right-Wing War on Books 

Here’s your guide to the heroes and villains—plus a list of the 50 most banned books (in ‘The New Republic’):

https://newrepublic.com/article/175372/banned-books-republican-right-wing-war?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR37Kb-Sw3IV9D74Cqjb8rk_q23Xd-lazMPqXVrB1RM1ZrVsh3eyLklqriM_aem_ATvH241c9M_HED0Py4dzhX5-fmCyA_AYBMq5v62gHghkwBqPl6ZxrHkZDE98zBF-v1Y

How to Fight Book Bans, According to the American Library Association's Queer President

“We need all hands on deck in this moment, and there’s something everyone can do,” Emily Drabinski says.

https://apple.news/AuTjTd8_6RM6jCMPC-lbEIg

 

 

Get on the bus: banned books tour hits the road, from New York to Texas

Book banning in public schools jumped 33% this year, so a group of enthusiasts is tackling censorship with a bus tour

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/05/banned-books-bus-tour-2023