Thomas Pynchon defends fellow writer
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Reclusive author Thomas Pynchon has defended Ian McEwan, who is facing criticism over allegations that he used details from another book in his 2002 best seller, "Atonement."
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Freed prison journalist Wilbert Rideau has received threats since his release, but his lawyer discounted them Tuesday as the work of "one or two kooks."
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Tired of watching the movie critics of America pile on director Oliver Stone - or perhaps sensing a golden opportunity to make headlines - novelist Gore Vidal leaped to Alexander&#39;s defense, calling Stone&#39;s film barrier-breaking for its frank depiction of
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Comment is free: Robert McCrum: The great essayist would be appalled by the writing, but applaud the democracy of the web.
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From Salman Rushdie to Monty Python, free speech even if offensive is worth protecting, Britain's interior minister said on Wednesday, defending a knighthood for Rushdie which has drawn protests from Muslims.
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American novelist Scott Turow used his legal training as a backdrop to some of his earlier novels but says imagination, not experience, is key to writing.
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British novelist Salman Rushdie has squared off against feminist icon Germaine Greer, labeling her support for a group of Bengali film protesters as "philistine, sanctimonious, and disgraceful."
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Â· Best-selling novelist fears for safety over web jibesÂ· Libel case defendant accused of 'jew hating'
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Eliot Weinberger, a previous finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award, set off a stir by saying that one of this year's nominees, Bruce Bawer, had engaged in âracism as criticism.â
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The National Post in Canada recently criticized Naomi Kleinâs âThe Shock Doctrine,â yet the paper bought excerpts from the book to accompany each critical essay.
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The editorÂs blog was shut down after he was accused of being involved in anonymously attacking readers who criticized his posts.
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A Chinese author who was briefly  detained by police overnight along with two other intellectuals  said Tuesday the authorities appeared to be trying to build a  case against him as part of a crackdown on government critics.
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While some protest against the award of a knighthood to writer Salman Rushdie, others distance themselves from the calls for violent reprisals.
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A drama producer and friend of embattled playwright Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti defends her writing.
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French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen defends his alleged comments on the Nazi occupation of France.
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I see that Cory Doctorow has made another panicked grab at relevancy once again! His most recent InformationWeek article, How To Keep Hostile Jerks From Taking Over Your Online Community, is his latest exercise in self-deception where he tries convincing himself that he knows something about the hip, happenin' thang we call the Innanet.        That Cory has little useful knowledge of keeping hostile jerks from taking over online communities is proven most aptly and amusingly by the way he chose to keep hostile jerks from taking over his weblog BoingBoing: he destroyed its community by shutting off its comments system.
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George Bush is famously anti-intellectual. But he seeks out authors who share his views and looks for reassurance