 Two years later, Aderca's various biographical sketches of 19th- and 20th-century personalities came out as "Oameni excepționali" ("Exceptional People"), followed in 1935 by his essay on modern life in the United States.He expanded his range as a journalist, collaborating on Petre Pandrea's "Cuvântul Liber", Ludo's "Adam", and "Discobolul" (put out by Dan Petrașincu and Ieronim Șerbu).In the late 1920s, Aderca became involved in the great debate opposing modernists and traditionalists over the issue of "pornography" in literature, both foreign (translated) and local.