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Friday, May 02, 2003
The Politics of Publishing
Don't miss "Horns and Halos," which opens Friday, May 2, at Visions Cinema. The movie captures the unlikely connection of three men – a U.S. president, a discredited author and an underground publisher – whose paths to power and popularity become tangled in a book.
When St. Martin's Press recalled the book Fortunate Son: George W. Bush and the Making of an American President, it was number 8 on Amazon.com's best-seller list. The publisher cited distrust of the author, J. H. Hatfield, as the reason, but some attribute the recall to the book's widely publicized allegations that Bush had been arrested for cocaine possession in 1972. When Soft Skull Press, the self-styled "punk of publishing," tried to republish the book – and, against the author's wishes, revealed the sources for the book's cocaine allegations – electrifying consequences followed. Visions Cinema is at 1927 Florida Ave. NW.
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