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International LiteratureNon-fictionThe Colophon

Truth and consequences: New York Times journalist Elizabeth Williamson’s new book examines the poisonous seedbed of American conspiracy culture

March 28, 2022June 14, 2022

The New York Times feature writer shows in carefully argued detail that the Sandy Hook hoaxers exist in a direct line with QAnon and the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

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CanLitNon-fictionPublishingThe Colophon

Rosemary Sullivan defends conclusions in controversial Anne Frank book; HarperCollins to keep the title on sale

March 25, 2022June 14, 2022

The author says in a statement that she has “full confidence” in the work that went into the book.

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Non-fictionPoliticsThe Colophon

“It was like unfinished business”: University of Alberta professor David R. Marples on the historical and political context behind Putin’s war in Ukraine

March 18, 2022June 14, 2022

“I never thought Ukrainians anywhere would welcome Russian occupation,” says Marples.

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CanLitNon-fictionThe Colophon

“There are probably people getting away with such things right now”: Sarah Weinman discusses her new book, about a con artist who convinced a right-wing pundit to save him from death row

March 4, 2022June 14, 2022

Edgar Smith, the convicted murderer of a fifteen-year-old girl, found some powerful advocates in conservative writer William F. Buckley, Jr., and Alfred A. Knopf editor Sophie Wilkins.

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CensorshipInternational LiteratureNon-fictionThe Colophon

Freedom to Read Week 2022: From Plato to fake news, Eric Berkowitz provides a concise and nuanced history of censorship in the West

February 25, 2022June 14, 2022

The history of censorship is inextricable from the history of power and in a changing world, it behooves us to consider how to balance speech and security.

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CanLitNon-fictionThe Colophon

HarperCollins Germany to review controversial book about the betrayal of Anne Frank in light of questions about claims in it

February 3, 2022June 14, 2022

The new book, which proposes a Jewish notary as the person responsible for giving up the Franks’ hiding place, has come under fire by historians who question its assertions.

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FilmInternational LiteratureNon-fictionThe Horror Show

Vampires, mad scientists, and American psychos: David J. Skal examines some cultural underpinnings of the horror genre

February 2, 2022June 14, 2022

In its examination of the roots of American horror cinema, this single-volume survey is valuable, though it lacks follow-through in its second half.

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International LiteratureNon-fictionThe Colophon

David Bowie, Cindy Sherman, and Quentin Tarantino walk into a bar: Stuart Jeffries examines the legacy of postmodernism in his new work of cultural criticism

January 14, 2022June 14, 2022

An outcropping of French theory, postmodernism is most evident in its connection to neoliberalism and our overtly consumerist society.

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CanLitCriticismNon-fictionThe Colophon

The subtle art of selling out: Adam Hammond investigates DIY gaming culture in his new book The Far Shore

December 3, 2021June 14, 2022

Hammond has written a text that is frankly unclassifiable: part biography, part critical exegesis, part hipster manifesto.

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CanLitNon-fictionThe Colophon

“I want to be able to go in and out of hell with grace”: Shawn Hitchins on death, queer transformation, and the astonishing bass line in Boney M’s “Rasputin”

November 24, 2021June 14, 2022

In his new memoir, the author contemplates his life and community in the wake of two significant figures dying within five months of each other.

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