{
  "id": 9786102,
  "title": "Bruce Pascoe’s new book may spark another culture war. He hopes for ‘decency and intellectual curiosity’ this time",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/bruce-pascoes-new-book-may-spark-another-culture-war-he-hopes-for",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-25T15:00:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/26/author-bruce-pascoe-interview-new-book-the-european-mind-ntwnfb"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Dark Emu author rails against Christianity, capitalism and colonialism – and Shakespeare and Charles Dickens cop a serve too. He’s ready for blowback On the eve of publication of his new book, Bruce Pascoe is steeling himself for potential controversy that could rival the bitter storm that battered and bruised him for years over the 2014 book that rewrote Australian history: Dark Emu . Where…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}