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We Ignored Salman Rushdie’s Warning

Honestly with Bari Weiss

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Bookselling - The Defining Moment in My Hirty Five Years of Bookselling

The staff voted unanimously to keep carrying the book. It was the defining moment in my hirty five years of bookselling. I didn't know at that moment whether this was an act of courage or foolhardiness, but from the clarity of hindsight, i would have to say that it was the proudest day of my life. That was america in the late 19 eighties. By 20 15, America was a very different place when rushty made those comments to let express. And even talking about anything that might offend any one means you are literally ging that i shouldn't exist. Of course, it's now when you're surrounded by silliness and indulgence and weakness and

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