![]() LOVECRAFT (Liveright, 512 pp., $39.95), which was edited by Leslie S. In his introduction to the second volume of THE NEW ANNOTATED H. Lovecraft to be a racist - it’s a long process of soul-searching that ends in compromise. And for some - like the horror writer Victor LaValle, who discovered his childhood hero H. Still others try to quarantine the art from the artist, as if one might be spared the contagion of the other. Others reassess their taste, wondering how they were ever able to enjoy a novel with pedophilia at its center, or the stand-up routine filled with misogyny. What to do when you discover that your favorite author (or comedian, or filmmaker, or actor) is a bigot? For some, it inspires a total rejection of the artist, whose work becomes suddenly intolerable. ![]()
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