That Book is Dangerous
How Moral Panic, Social Media, and the Culture Wars Are Remaking Publishing
Event Details
Date
Monday, September 22, 2025
Time
12-1 p.m.
Location
7200 Law Building
Description
Join Professor Anuj Desai for a conversation with Adam Szetela about his new release, That Book Is Dangerous. In it, Szetela investigates how efforts to diversify American literature have also produced serious problems for literary freedom. Drawing from interviews with publishing industry professionals, Szetela brings attention to the ways left-wing censorship controls speech within the publishing industry.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-890-3258 (voice and text) or email cklingele@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Reasonable effort will be made to support your request.