Emmett Rensin

Emmett Rensin (born January 20, 1990) is an American essayist, best known for his book Twitterature World's Greatest Books in 20 tweets, co-written by Alexander Aciman.[1][2] He currently serves as a contributor to the Los Angeles Times Opinion Blog,[3] USA Today,[4] Salon,[5] the New Republic,[6] and the Los Angeles Review of Books.[7] In 2012, he was a founding member of Chicago's First Floor Theater, which won the Chicago Reader's Best of 2013 Poll for "Best New Theater Company".[8] He is a graduate of The University of Chicago.

Trump Tweets controversy

In June 2016, Vox, which employed Rensin as an editor and occasional feature writer, suspended him for a series of tweets calling for anti-Trump riots, including one on June 3 that urged, "If Trump comes to your town, start a riot." The tweets drew attention because violent anti-Trump protests took place in San Jose, California on the day of Rensin's tweet.[9][10][11][12]

References

  1. ↑ Hogan, Phil (October 31, 2009). "Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books Retold Through Twitter by Alexander Aciman and Emmett Rensin". The Guardian. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
  2. ↑ "BTW, can you judge a book by its tweets?". The Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Los Angeles Times Opinion Blog". Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  4. ↑ "USA Today". Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Salon". Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  6. ↑ Emmett Rensin (February 5, 2014). "The Onion Has Become America's Finest Marxist News Source". New Republic. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  7. ↑ "The Los Angeles Review of Books". Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  8. ↑ Hogan, Phil. "Best of 2013, Best New Theater Company". Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  9. ↑ Byers, Dylan (June 3, 2016). "Vox suspends editor for encouraging riots at Donald Trump rallies". CNN. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
  10. ↑ Halper, Evan (June 3, 2016). "Vox suspends editor who called for anti-Trump riots". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
  11. ↑ Emmett Rensin [emmettrensin] (June 2, 2016). "Advice: If Trump comes to your town, start a riot." (Twitter post). Retrieved June 2, 2016.
  12. ↑ Wemple, Eric (June 3, 2016). "What will a suspension do for a Vox editor who urged anti-Trump riots?". Washington Post. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/3/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.