Novelist breaks with German publisher amid call for wider cultural boycott over Gaza
Lana Bastašić terminates contract, decrying ‘censorship’ of pro-Palestinian voices in Germany
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Lana Bastašić terminates contract, decrying ‘censorship’ of pro-Palestinian voices in Germany
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After his literary career was dashed in Germany, Karl Jakob Hirsch – descendant of the founder of Modern Orthodox Judaism – emigrated to the U.S. in 1935, where he found a new faith. After the war, he wrote a memoir declaring that guilt for the Holocaust lay not with the Germans, but with the Jews
Two of the best-known publishers of New York’s Big Five scene are promising a media-spanning concept at their new independent press. Cindy Spiegel, left, and Julie Grau. Image: Spiegel & Grau, Eric Borman Topping Out at 20 Books Per Year With the clock ticking down on a year that’s seemed interminable, many in the United States’ publishing industry have been cheered by today’s news (December 18) that Cindy Spiegel and Julie Grau are back as Spiegel & Grau. In social channels, you can feel the smiles as the news gets around among a quarter-century’s fans of their work. Grau and Spieg...