Online trolls and fascist chat groups. Controversies over campus lectures. Cancel culture versus censorship. In an era where one tweet can launch-- or end-- your career, and where free speech is often invoked as a principle but rarely understood, learning to maneuver the fast-changing, treacherous landscape of public discourse has never been more urgent. Nossel delivers a vital, necessary guide to maintaining democratic debate that is open, free-wheeling...

Free speech has long been one of American's most revered freedoms, yet now more than ever, free speech is reshaping America's social and political landscape even as it is coming under attack. Cose reveals how this Constitutional right has been co-opted by the wealthy and politically corrupt, when moneyed interests are increasingly controlling political dialogue. -- adapted from jacket

From the Publisher: Published in conjunction with the PEN American Center, Burn This Book is a powerful collection of essays that explore the meaning of censorship and the power of literature to inform the way we see the world, and ourselves.

"We live in an era in which offensive speech is on the rise. The emergence of the alt-right alone has fueled a marked increase in racist and anti-Semitic speech. Given its potential for harm, should this speech be banned? Nadine Strossen's [book] dispels the many misunderstandings that have clouded the perpetual debate about hate speech vs. free speech. She argues that an expansive approach to the First Amendment is most effective at promoting democracy,...