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Sterling Publishing to Be Revamped
Emily Meehan plans to reinvent B&s publishing division By Jim Milliot | May 07, 2021
When James Daunt took over as CEO of Barnes & Noble, he had plans to remake not only the company’s retail operation but its publishing business, as well. In the U.K., Daunt is CEO of Waterstones and also owns an independent bookstore chain and a publishing business (both named Daunt Books). The pandemic altered much of his original blueprint, but he took the first step in overhauling B&N’s Sterling Publishing division in January, naming Emily Meehan publisher and chief creative officer, succeeding Theresa Thompson.
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The War On Tiki Bars
Our cultural watchdogs are telling us that they re problematic.
I ve been to my share of tiki bars in Hawaii and Florida over the years. Their faux-Polynesian kitschiness makes for a fun, escapist atmosphere, but what I ve heard lately indicates that the fun s illicit. That s what the ever-vigilant cultural appropriation police have been saying, anyway.
The
New York Times has jumped on the anti-tiki bandwagon with a recent, smug article, Reclaiming The Tiki Bar. They provide an intoxicating escape from the burden of the world, co-writers Sammi Katz and Olivia McGiff tell us while a pandemic s raging, before going on to explain why we should feel guilty ( genre’s history of racial inequity and cultural appropriation ) about seeking out this sort of escape. Among the numerous problems with the article is that it appears to be little more than a rehash of one