From WSJOpinion: danakst interviews novelist and exercise fanatic Lionel Shriver, who says amid successive global hysterias, 'satire can’t keep up'
Wonder Land: The ruin of major liberal cities by progressive policies is a significant political event. Image: Nathan Howard/Getty ImagesWriters often exalt those who “speak truth to power,” but few speak as fearlessly as the novelist Lionel Shriver.
Donning a sombrero at an Australian literary event in 2016, she gave a speech demolishing the notion of “cultural appropriation,” which condemns borrowing from or even describing other cultures. “The ultimate endpoint of keeping our mitts off experience that doesn’t belong to us,” she said, “is that there is no fiction.”To Read the Full Story
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