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Podcast: The Unspeakeasy With Meghan Daum
Episode: How To Cancel A Poet: Emmalea Russo's "chain of contamination"
Description: "While some might argue that collaboration with fascists, TERFs, and racist edgelords does not constitute endorsement of violent and anti-liberation views, we disagree. There can be no innocent collaboration with such people." That was the official statement from Hiding Press, the small, independent poetry press that was set to publish writer Emmalea Russo's fourth book of poetry. But when word got out that she had been "collaborating" with the wrong people, they canceled the book. Â By collaborations, they meant writing for certain journals and appearing as a guest on certain podcasts. By alt-right or fascist-adjacent they were t...