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In this special issue, we offer a wide range of new and forthcoming books on free expression. In the latter category is one that merits special attention — "The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder" (Cambridge University Press, 2021). With this book, Corn-Revere to the ranks of practicing First Amendment lawyers who have authored books on free speech — e.g. , , , , and  (also , forthcoming).

With the "Mind of the Censor" Corn-Revere pivots from the world of free speech and ventures into a wider world of readers. This eminently readable book (yes, I read the manuscript) is for anyone who wants to know more about why freedom of speech is important and how protections for free expression became part of the American identity. Beginning in the 19th century with , America’s “censor in chief,” Corn-Revere explores how censors operate and why they wore out their welcome in society at large.

Corn-Revere also explains how the same tactics were tried and eventually failed in the 20th century, with efforts to censor music, comic books, television, and other forms of popular entertainment. The historic examples illustrate not just the mindset and tactics of censors, but why they are the ultimate counterculture warriors and why, in free societies, censors never occupy the moral high ground.

Advance Praise 

• Corn-Revere’s engagingly written book provides a powerful defense of freedom speech and of freedom of thought -- a book of stunning originality and importance. -- Erwin Chemerinsky
• Regardless of how much or how little you know or care about free speech when you begin this book, you will be enlightened, inspired, and galvanized by every page! -- Nadine Strossen
• This book offers a riveting review and astute analysis of the evolution of free expression.  Corn-Revere brings to life the absurdities of censorship and the dangers such views pose to American liberty and democracy -- an original work, informative, insightful, and often wildly entertaining. -- Geoffrey R. Stone
• This book will prove to you that Bob is as groovy as Superman, without the stupid cape. -- Penn Jillette

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2020-2021 list of books 

General

• Corey Brettschneider, editor, "" (Penguin, May 11, 2021)
  
• Ronald Collins, Will Creeley, David Hudson & Jackie Farmer, “” (Top Five Books, 2019)
• Ellis Cose, “” (Amistad, Sept. 15, 2020)
• Anthony Leaker, “” (Rowman & Littlefield, June 16, 2020)
• Michael C. LeMay & Alemayehu G. Mariam, “” (ABC-CLIO, Oct. 31, 2020)
• Nikolaos Koumartzis & Andreas Veglis, “” (IGI Global, 2020)
• Suzanne Nossel, “” (Dey Street Books, July 28, 2020)
• Jonathan Rauch, “” (The Brookings Institute, June 2021)
• Ian Rosenberg, “” (New York University Press, Feb. 9, 2021)

Censorship

• Sharyl Attkisson, “” (Harper, Nov. 24, 2020)
• Eric Berkowitz, "" (Beacon Press, May 4, 2021)
• Mike Donovan, "" (Forefront Books, Oct. 27, 2020)
• Bernard F. Dukore, “” (Palgrave Macmillan, Dec. 9, 2020)
• P.G. Ingram, "" (Routledge, Dec. 12, 2020)
• Hannah Marcus, “” (University of Chicago Press, Sept. 25, 2020)
• Azar Nafisi, "" (Dey Street Books, April 13, 2021)
• Richard Ovenden, “” (Belknap Press, Oct. 13, 2020)
• Dave Rubin, “” (Sentinel, April 28, 2020)
• Juhani Sarsila, “” (Peter Lang GmbH, 2020)

College campuses

• Joseph Russomanno, ed., “,” Lexington Books (Dec. 15, 2020)

Corporations

• William Bennett Turner, "" (William Bennett Turner, Sept. 8, 2020)

Culture wars

• Charlotte Lydia Riley, “” (Manchester University Press, Jan. 19, 2021)

Flag salute cases

• Michael Kent Curtis, “” (Garland Science, Jan. 1, 2021)

Government speech

• Helen Norton, “” (Cambridge University Press, 2019).

Hate speech

• Caitlin Ring Carlson, "" (MIT Press, Essential Knowledge series, April 6, 2021)
• Rodney Smolla, “” (Cornell University Press, May 15, 2020)
• Nadine Strossen, "p" (Oxford University Press,  March 2, 2020)
• Gavan Titley, “” (Polity, Aug. 24, 2020)

History

• Eric Berkowitz, "" (Beacon Press, May 4, 2021)
• Wendell Bird, “” (Oxford University Press, 2020)
• Wendell Bird, “” (Harvard University Press, 2020)
• Eric T. Chester, “” (Monthly Review Press, Aug. 24, 2020)
• Hal Draper, “” (Haymarket Books, July 7, 2020)
• Richard Ovenden, “” (Belknap Press, Oct. 13, 2020)

Intellectual freedom

• April M. Dawkins, “” (Libraries Unlimited, Sept. 30, 2020)
• Hannah Marcus, “” (University of Chicago Press, Sept. 25, 2020)
• Azar Nafisi, "" (Dey Street Books, April 13, 2021)
• Valerie Nye, ed., “” (ALA Edition, 2020)
• Richard Ovenden, “” (Belknap Press, Oct. 13, 2020)
• Jonathan Rauch, “” (The Brookings Institute, June 2021)
• Dave Rubin, “” (Sentinel, April 28, 2020)

Labor unions

• Donald W. Rogers, “” (University of Illinois Press, Sept. 14, 2020)

Libraries

• April M. Dawkins, “” (Libraries Unlimited, Sept. 30, 2020)

Literature

• Azar Nafisi, "" (Dey Street Books, April 13, 2021)

National Security

• Geoffrey Stone & Lee Bollinger, eds. "Leaks, National Security and Freedom of the Press" (Oxford University Press, early 2021)

Philosophy of free speech 

• P.G. Ingram, "" (Routledge, Dec. 12, 2020)
• Richard Ovenden, “” (Belknap Press, Oct. 13, 2020)
• John Durham Peters, "" (University of Chicago Press, Aug. 7, 2020)

Press freedoms

• Sharyl Attkisson, “” (Harper, Nov. 24, 2020)
• Karen Attiah, “” (Dey Street Books, Aug. 11, 2020)
• Joshua N. Azriel, “” (Lexington Books, Oct. 15, 2020)
• Mickey Huff & Andy Lee Roth, eds., “” (Seven Stories Press, Dec. 1, 2020)
• Geoffrey Stone & Lee Bollinger, eds. "Leaks, National Security and Freedom of the Press" (Oxford University Press, early 2021)

Privacy 

• Scott Skinner-Thompson, “” (Cambridge University Press, Nov. 30, 2020)

Protests

• Clayton Bohnet, “” (Lexington Books, Oct. 15, 2020)
• Eric T. Chester, “” (Monthly Review Press, Aug. 24, 2020)
• Hal Draper, “” (Haymarket Books, July 7, 2020)

Religious speech 

• Jack Phillips, "" (Salem Books, May 11, 2021)

Sex and censorship

• Lynn Mills Eckert, “” (Lexington Books, May 2020)
• Naomi Wolfe, "" (Chelsea Green Publishing, Oct. 9, 2020)

Surveillance

• Jillian York, “” (Verso, March 2021)

Terrorism

• Ian Cram, editor, "" (Routledge, Dec. 20, 2020)

Theory

• Andrew T. Kenyon & Andrew Scott, eds., “” (Hart Publishing, May 28, 2020)
• Helen Knowles & Brandon Metroka, editors, "" (Peter Lang, July 23, 2020)
• Alexander Tsesis, "" (Cambridge University Press, Sept. 30, 2020)

2020-2021 SCOTUS term: Free expression & related cases

Cert. granted

• (Telephone Consumer Protection Act robocall case)
•   (TBD) (standing/judicial elections)
• (TBD) (religious expression: free exercise & free speech claims)

Pending petitions

First Amendment-related 

•  (nominal damages and mootness in campus speech context) (cert. granted)
• (RE: Section 202(h) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996) (petition pending)
• (RE: FCC cross-ownership restrictions) (petition pending)

Last scheduled FAN

• FAN 270: "Justice Hans Linde (1924-2020) on freedom of expression: An ingenious jurisprudence”