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The FBI’s Spying on Writers Was Literary Criticism at Its Worst
FUNNY BUT FRIGHTENING
According to the nation’s top cops, James Baldwin was a ‘pervert,’ Norman Mailer was ‘difficult to read,’ and Susan Sontag was ‘subversive.’
Kevin Canfield
Published
Sep. 8 2018
9:34PM EDT
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
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