Questionable Authors with Important Contributions (Part One: Problematic Past)
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Percy Shelley, George Orwell, Jack London, Roald Dahl...there's no shortage of writers with questionable values who made significant contributions to the literary world. But today we focus on two of the most severe and influential: HP Lovecraft and Robert E, Howard. Can an author be separated from their work? Can you acknowledge a contribution without honoring the artist who made it, or without inadvertently condoning their harmful beliefs? Ludlow Adams and JS Gariety open a dialogue about these difficult and uncomfortable questions. Explicit Content: May contain mature language or themes Production: Maxwell Gariety Music: The Silent Grove by Axletree Licensed under Attribution 4.0 Show Notes: Quotes from Jason Sanford: Robert E. Howard was a racist. Deal with it. Leeman Kessler: On Portraying a White Supremacist
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