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0 Culture Politics

Sally Rooney’s Literary Mob

Lionel Shriver in The Free Press · 28 Oct

Lionel Shriver critiques the recent trend of literary figures, like Sally Rooney, participating in boycotts against the Israeli publishing industry, highlighting the potential self-destructive nature of such actions for writers.

0 Literature Politics

Guernica magazine retracts Israeli writer’s coexistence essay that co-publisher called an ‘apologia for Zionism’

Andrew Lapin in Forward · 11 Mar

Guernica magazine retracted an essay by Israeli writer and translator Joanna Chen titled "From The Edges Of A Broken World" after criticism from staff members and others.

0 Holocaust Literature

My ‘transgressive’ Holocaust novel is still stirring debate, 20 years later

Sonia Pilcer in JTA · 25 Jan

The author reflects on their novel, "The Holocaust Kid," which explores the perspective of being the child of Holocaust survivors.

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Hundreds of writers protest cancellation of Palestinian author's event at Frankfurt Book Fair

Irene Katz Connelly in Forward · 17 Oct 2023

Over 600 writers, academics, and publishing professionals are protesting the cancellation of an event honoring Palestinian author Adania Shibli at the Frankfurt Book Fair.

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'You just feel devastated; people are leaving in a state of complete depression' — the view on the ground from a poet in Israel

ALanger in Forward · 24 Jul 2023

The recent judicial overhaul in Israel has had a profound impact on writers in the country, with many seeing it as a pivotal moment.

0 Literature Culture

Michael Weingrad in Jewish Review of Books · 23 Jun 2016

The Inklings were a group of Christian writers, including J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, who met in the 1930s to 1950s to share writing, criticism, and conversation.