A list of 100 new classics (published since 2000) as voted on by a panel of authors, editors, and critics. A good resource if you'd like to explore contemporary works!
Portion of an interview with literary critic and canon "purist" Harold Bloom on what he calls the "School of Resentment": those who call for changes based on social and political context.
Article in the Washington Post by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen arguing that works "by immigrants, foreigners and minorities don’t diminish the ‘classic’ curriculum. They enhance it."