Cancelling Authors, "Sensitivity Readers," & the DEATH of Publishing | Adam Szetela
December 3, 2025
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Cancelling Authors, "Sensitivity Readers," & the DEATH of Publishing | Adam Szetela
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<p><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" dir="auto"><a href="https://adam-szetela.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Adam Szetela</a> finished his Ph.D. in the Department of Literatures in English at Cornell University. Before Cornell, he was a visiting fellow in the Program on the Study of Capitalism at Harvard University. He is the author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0262049856/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><em>That Book Is Dangerous! How Moral Panic, Social Media, and the Culture Wars Are Remaking Publishing</em></a>. In this episode, Adam and I discuss the death of the publishing industry, "sensitivity readers," the cancellation of authors, and more. Adam's site:</span> <span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" dir="auto">Adam's book: </span></p> <p>Watch this episode on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkXVi88EkuQ" rel="noopener" target="_blank">YouTube</a> and read the accompanying <a href="https://boghossian.substack.com/p/what-happened-to-the-publishing-industry" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Substack post</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://linktr.ee/peterboghossian" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Follow Peter Boghossian</a></p>
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