by sumac | Aug 16, 2015 | Institutional Apologies
In Maajid Nawaz’s book Radical: My Journey out of Islamist Extremism, he tells of an unpleasant experience with the Essex police when he was 15. (Nawaz was born in Essex. His parents were born in Pakistan.) Someone had spotted his 16-year-old brother...
by snarly | Aug 13, 2015 | Corporate Apologies
A social-media celebration of International Women’s Day from Bic South Africa did not go over so well. Caroline Criado Perez, author of Do It Like A Woman…and change the world, added in a separate tweet: *stabs eyes out with Bic pen* — which is...
by snarly | Aug 10, 2015 | Artistic apologies, Religious Apologies
As you may have heard, a romance novel between a Jewish prisoner and an SS Commander, set in a concentration camp during World War II, is stirring up some mishegas. It came to a head when an author and critic, Sarah Wendell of Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, shared her...
by snarly | Aug 8, 2015 | Artistic apologies, Institutional Apologies
Brilliant Books, an independent bookstore in Traverse City, MI, has offered an apology and an offer of a refund to customers who preordered Harper Lee’s “recently discovered” new novel, Go Set A Watchman, and felt blindsided by the book they actually...
by sumac | Aug 7, 2015 | Personal Apologies, Youth apologizes
In The Hollow Land, by Jane Gardam, an apology plays a foundational role. So much happens in this book, and this happens right at the start, so I don’t feel bad telling you most of this part. In Cumbria, in the farming and grazing country called the Hollow Land...
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