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Literary controversy

  • ‘The Salt Path’ scandal: Defending a memoir’s ‘emotional truth’ is a high-risk strategy

    ‘The Salt Path’ scandal: Defending a memoir’s ‘emotional truth’ is a high-risk strategy

    Jul 16, 2025 · 08:30 pm
  • Canada’s Giller Prize controversy spotlights tensions between politics and literary prizes

    Canada’s Giller Prize controversy spotlights tensions between politics and literary prizes

    Jan 12, 2025 · 05:30 pm
  • The Gothic horror of Alice Munro: A reckoning with the darkness behind a feminist icon

    The Gothic horror of Alice Munro: A reckoning with the darkness behind a feminist icon

    Jul 14, 2024 · 05:30 pm
  • ‘Answered Prayers’: Was it worth it for Truman Capote to write about his society friends’ secrets?

    ‘Answered Prayers’: Was it worth it for Truman Capote to write about his society friends’ secrets?

    Feb 25, 2024 · 05:30 pm
  • What do publishers’ revisions and content warnings say about the moral purpose of literature?

    What do publishers’ revisions and content warnings say about the moral purpose of literature?

    Aug 20, 2023 · 05:30 pm
  • Goa CM Manohar Parrikar says his government has no role in FIR against former BJP MLA and publisher

    Goa CM Manohar Parrikar says his government has no role in FIR against former BJP MLA and publisher

    Oct 20, 2017 · 08:48 pm
  • Goa: FIR filed against former BJP MLA and publisher for vulgar language in book of Konkani poems

    Goa: FIR filed against former BJP MLA and publisher for vulgar language in book of Konkani poems

    Oct 18, 2017 · 11:22 am
  • In Goa, a BJP MLA’s book of poems has stirred up deep-rooted caste and language rivalries

    In Goa, a BJP MLA’s book of poems has stirred up deep-rooted caste and language rivalries

    Sep 13, 2017 · 12:30 pm
  • Why we can continue to like VS Naipaul’s novels while opposing his ideas

    Why we can continue to like VS Naipaul’s novels while opposing his ideas

    Dec 15, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • A response to author Lionel Shriver’s controversial speech: Is cultural appropriation a passing fad?

    A response to author Lionel Shriver’s controversial speech: Is cultural appropriation a passing fad?

    Sep 17, 2016 · 10:30 am
  • It's a question of conscience: Thoughts on calls to boycott Vedanta-sponsored London lit fest

    It's a question of conscience: Thoughts on calls to boycott Vedanta-sponsored London lit fest

    May 22, 2016 · 08:02 pm
  • Why Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set A Watchman’ cuts close to the lives of many Indians

    Why Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set A Watchman’ cuts close to the lives of many Indians

    Jul 15, 2015 · 08:30 am