White is Bret Easton Ellis’s first book-length work of nonfiction: a compact, often confrontational collection of essays on contemporary American culture. The author adopts a contrarian stance toward prevailing media trends and public orthodoxy, arguing for broader latitude in art and public debate.

Essays address politics, Hollywood, corporate speech policies, and identity-focused movements, interrogating the friction between cultural elites and dissenting voices, public shaming, and the narrowing of acceptable expression. The tone moves from sardonic to urgent with the aim of provoking reflection.

For readers interested in cultural criticism, media studies, or the politics of free expression, these pieces offer a clear-eyed, provocative perspective on current debates about speech, power, and artistic freedom.

• Key themes: identity politics, cancel culture, coastal elites, artistic freedom
• Format: essay collection, paperback

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