Zinzi Clemmons Leaves Lenny Letter, Citing Lena Dunham’s Racism
The What We Lose author left Lena Dunham’s online publication Lenny Letter after Dunham issued a statement in support of Murray Miller who was accused of sexual assault by actress Aurora Perrineau. In a statement of her own, Clemmons wrote, “For all you writers who are outraged about what she did, I encourage you to do the same. Especially women of color.” Clemmons, who has known Dunham since their college days, announced her exit on Twitter, where she discussed the “hipster racism” and gaslighting she witnessed from Dunham and her circle. The full statement is worth a read.
Watership Down Author’s Amazing Library, Up For Auction
The personal library of Watership Down author Richard Adams is going up for auction. And it turns out his collection includes some incredible treasures. Among the thousands of books crowding his shelves, you can find a rare copy of the Shakespeare Second Folio of 1632 (valued around $53,000 to $80,000), Boswell’s Life of Johnson, a Bible that once belonged to Charles II, and a bunch of first editions by 19th-century English novelists including Jane Austen, George Eliot, and Charles Dickens. The library goes up for auction on December 14, so if you have tons of money you don’t know what to do with here’s your chance to walk away with some seriously valuable books.
New A Wrinkle In Time Trailer
We were just talking about how great the poster for the new A Wrinkle in Time adaptation looks, and now we get a good, long look at the film thanks to a new trailer. Ava DuVernay, the film’s director, released the trailer on her Twitter feed yesterday, and fans have been low-key screaming about how epic it looks ever since.
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