With Enough Courage: Writers in the Age of the Cybermob

With Enough Courage: Writers in the Age of the Cybermob
Would Tom Wolfe’s works be published today? Wolfe lecturing at Fordham University, on Feb.15, 2005 in New York City. Evan Agostini/Getty Images
Jeff Minick
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“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”

George Orwell, best known for his novels “Animal Farm” and “1984,” is often cited as the author of those words, but he may have never written or spoken them. Yet whatever their origin, they remain true.

We are living right now in a time of universal deceit, and telling the truth is becoming harder for writers, journalists, celebrities, sports figures, and the rest of us.

Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
Author
Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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