book burning in this day and age

Democracy Now! Premieres the Full Interview with Bush Biographer J.H. Hatfield Who Died 2 Years Ago of an Alleged Suicide Amidst Controversy Over his Book Fortunate Son:

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AMY GOODMAN: You’re listening to an interview with J.H. Hatfield, author of "Fortunate Son". He died of an alleged suicide two years ago. This is the first time we’re playing the interview. We’ll be back with J.H. Hatfield in a minute. [MUSIC BREAK]

AMY GOODMAN: "Backlash Blues," Nina Simone here on Democracy Now! I’m Amy Goodman. As we return to the interview with J.H. Hatfield, author of "fortunate son" again this is the book that was burned or shredded by St. Martin’s Press then republished by Soft Skull Press. J.H. Hatfield has since died two years ago of an alleged suicide. In his book, Hatfield charges that George W. Bush was arrested for cocaine possession in 1972. He says three unnamed sources claimed a judge had expunged bush’s case and given him a sentence of community service as a favor to his father. James Hatfield died after we did this interview months later. I also spoke in the interview with Toby Rogers who wrote the introduction to the Soft Skull Press edition of "fortunate son". He says he spoke with the former chief of staff of George Bush, senior, I asked him to describe what happened in those conversations.