Ian Buruma is leaving his position as editor of the New York Review of Books, confirmed Nicholas During, a publicist for the magazine. Buruma had succeeded the late co-founder Robert B. Silvers in May 2017. His exit follows the controversial publication online by the Review last week of an article written by Jian Ghomeshi, called Reflections from a Hashtag, and a subsequent interview Buruma gave to Slate’s Ian Chotiner, in which he defended his decision to publish the piece. (The print version of the issue has not landed yet.) Buruma commented to Dutch outlet Vrij Nederland, that he was not fired by […]
