Literary Necromancy: The Cowardice of Posthumous Censorship

Agatha Christie Monument

One of the most depressingly predictable phenomena to have emerged from the labyrinthine landscape of modern sociopolitical discourse is the audacious enterprise of literary necromancy—the daring and remarkably futile attempt to silence the voices of authors long since passed from this mortal coil. It appears that death, once the great equalizer, no longer guarantees one’s … Read more