BiblioFiles #91: Cancel Culture and the Great Books

As cultural expectations evolve, how do we handle socially objectionable content in the world of literature? How do we approach the artwork if we find the author offensive? How do we elevate what is good and true without tearing down the tradition? In this episode of BiblioFiles, the team talks through Cancel Culture’s effects, origins, and antidotes.

Referenced Works:

– “American Dirt: 'Cancel culture' embraces book burning in the digital age” by Christian Toto

– Hamilton, composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda

– Areopagitica by John Milton

– One Day of the Life in Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

– Go Set a Watchman and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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