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Excellent piece by a Nigerian writer kicked out of a prestigious fellowship from the National Book Critics Circle program in America due to his traditional Christian Views on sexuality. Bonus points to Mr. Jésùyẹmí for also being a big fan of W.B. Yeats (to my mind, the greatest 20th century English Language poet by some distance) whose "On Being Asked for a War Poem" (written during WWI) he reprints within the article. Yeats, a right-wing Irish nationalist and Senator in the Irish Free State, knew both politics and poetry well, as well as the dangers of being forced to mix them.

Six years later, it’s baffling to think that people believed that such hysterical antics somehow amounted to “progressivism”….progressively elitist and idiotic, perhaps @ErnestJesuyemi in @compactmag

The National Book Critics Circle was eager to have @ErnestJesuyemi as a fellow — until they found out about his Christian beliefs. This is a story of discrimination in the name of equality. compactmag.com/article/the-wr…

The National Book Critics Circle offered @ErnestJesuyemi a fellowship—and then asked him to leave the program not long after. As his story reveals, the American literary world's commitment to "diversity" remains highly selective... compactmag.com/article/the-wr…

Debuted in @compactmag today. Last year, I got kicked out of a fellowship over my faith. This is the story of that affair. But It is bigger than me. I hope I did some measure of justice to it. Thanks to @matthewschmitz for handling the piece well. compactmag.com/article/the-wr…

The National Book Critics Circle offered a black writer a choice: He could leave their fellows program, or continue in it secretly. He chose to leave. Today, he tells his story. compactmag.com/article/the-wr…

“An ability to hold divergent emotions, to respond in a way that reflects that you have apprehended all the shades of the matter—this is what poetry makes possible.” Ernest Jesuyemi in @compactmag compactmag.com/article/the-wr…

“Writers have no problem censoring other writers.” Read Ernest Jesuyemi’s piece in COMPACT: compactmag.com/article/the-wr…

We are seeing the emergence of an Islamo-Christian right wapo.st/4eZ9LLX

Cyberlibertarianism—the idea that digital technology facilitates freedom a long as long as the state doesn’t meddle with it—has become a zombie ideology. It’s past time to chop off its head. substackfwd.xyz/?url=https://c…

“Thirty-some years into its existence, cyberlibertarianism is a zombie ideology.” Read @g_shullenberger’s latest newsletter substackfwd.xyz/?url=https://c…

Tucker Carlson is praising sharia law. Candace Owens is reading from the Quran. Nick Fuentes is decrying anti-Muslim sentiment. Say hello to the Islamo-Christian right. wapo.st/427rJEE

Traditional religion has declined, but that doesn’t mean we’ve secularized. Instead, what has triumphed is a different vision of religion invented by Helena Blavatsky, Rudolph Steiner, Joseph Campbell, and others: compactmag.com/article/how-oc…

Belief in “Judeo-Christian civilization” is fading. In its place, we are seeing the rise of an Islamo-Christian right. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…

“As the world braces for crises on every front, people will be looking for answers.” Read Christopher Coome’s piece in COMPACT: compactmag.com/article/how-oc…

An assassination attempt is made at the White House correspondence dinner, and OPEC faces a crisis. @AshleyAFrawley and @g_shullenberger join @matthewschmitz podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fai…

The Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling is a win for color-blind democracy compactmag.com/article/toward…

“Unlike race, party is precisely the mechanism by which political conflict is meant to be realized.” Read @jacob_eisler's piece in COMPACT: compactmag.com/article/toward…

This is a very perceptive reading of Jan Morris’s transgender memoir, “Conundrum,” compactmag.com/article/jan-mo…

"Even after his sex change, Jan did no domestic work when back home." Funny how that happens. Susan Pickard on the limits of gender fantasy in @compactmag : compactmag.com/article/jan-mo…