Western authors take stand in Israel/Palestine conflict by refusing to be published in Israel
An Israeli publisher is finding it increasingly difficult to acquire translation rights to some of the year’s most important novels, mostly due to the reinvigorated support many writers are feeling… Read more »
Library worker arrested and beaten by Kansas City Police at public event
On May 9th, the Kansas City Public Library hosted Dennis Ross, a former staffer in the G.W. Bush and Clinton administrations and author of Doomed to Succeed: The U.S.-Israel Relationship… Read more »
Jessa Crispin in Jerusalem: The right to remain silent?
It wasn’t that I got pulled out of the El Al security line, escorted to the side to be more thoroughly searched and interrogated by a supervisor that bothered me.… Read more »
Slavoj Žižek calls Tavis Smiley “The Big One”
If you’re interested in hearing the brilliant, sometimes-contentious Slovenian philosopher and Melville House author Slavoj Žižek discuss political correctness, the 2008 financial crisis, and what he sees as one of Malcolm X’s… Read more »
Vast library of books confiscated from Palestinians resides in basement of Israeli National Library
An Agence France Presse story speaks to the lasting meaning of print books. According to the story, Israel confiscated all the books they could find in private Palestinian homes in… Read more »