March 10, 2025, 5:04pm [As news broke last Friday of the Trump administration’s plan to revoke $400 million dollars of research funding to Columbia University, filmmaker and Columbia professor James Schamus posted the following to a faculty list serve there. It has been lightly edited for publication here.] * Permit me to deal with a […]

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The Better of the Literary Web, Each Day TODAY: In 1964, Grace Metalious, writer of the novel Peyton Place, dies.  “The nation’s founding doc is nothing if not an try to persuade the world of a doubtful conspiracy concept.” Andrea Lawler traces an American historical past of conspiracy. | Lit Hub Historical past Allison Epstein […]

TODAY: In 2011, President Barack Obama awards Maya Angelou the Presidential Medal of Freedom.  “Along with his authoritarian orders, the president—and his unelected South African Rasputin—have eradicated the basic instruments of debate and debate, particularly phrases themselves.” Rob Spillman on self-censorship and why writers, editors, and publishers shouldn’t obey prematurely. | Lit Hub Politics Larissa […]

The Better of the Literary Web, Each Day TODAY: In 1881, the feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is first revealed in Paris by the activist Hubertine Auclert.   “Along with his authoritarian orders, the president—and his unelected South African Rasputin—have eradicated the elemental instruments of debate and debate, specifically phrases themselves.” Rob Spillman on self-censorship and […]