Publishing such authors was once uncontroversial. The conservative publishing industrial complex has been a mainstay ever since Allen Bloom's The Closing of the American Mind topped the bestseller lists. Free speech has always been a slippery concept in book publishing. At times it is presented as a badge of honor"we stand by Salman Rushdie!"but mostly, […]
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:32PM on June 17, 2020