The Weekly Bulletin: November 4, 2021

—The power structures, big and small, that encourage the secretive proliferation of sexual assault—

The Non-fiction Feature

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

Author: Ronan Farrow
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 464 | 2019

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Lawyers closed ranks and pushed [Brooke] Nevils to take the offer…For Comcast, the sum was a rounding error. For Nevils, it was a matter of survival. She surveyed the professional future she had lost, and the damage she felt the network had done to her reputation, and felt she didn’t have a choice. NBC took the extraordinary step of having not only Nevils but also her lawyer and others close to her sign away their right to ever speak about the network.

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The Fiction Spot
Gutshot by Amelia Gray

“When he wants to know if he’s made himself clear, press your thumb against his eye socket and slurp the goop.
When he says he’s sorry you feel that way, peel off his toenails and sprinkle them on a salad.”

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The Product Spot
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