Has the National Book Award been ‘corrupted by politics’?
The Volokh Conspiracy 2017-10-27
Summary:
Over at Balkinization, Northwestern law professor Andrew Koppelman wonders whether the National Book Award has been “corrupted by politics.” His concerns were prompted by the naming of Nancy MacLean’s “Democracy in Chains” as a 2017 National Book Award finalist in the nonfiction category. As Koppelman notes, MacLean’s book is riddled with inaccurate and unfounded claims, distortions, […]