Based on Lionel Shriver’s recent comments about cultural appropriation and identity politics holding writers back from self-expression and writing fiction, Sharmilla Ganesan weighs in on what it means to respect the stories of others, or whether writing fiction should exist in a creative space that’s in a free-for-all freefall.  

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Tags:  too long; should read,  cultural appropriation,  identity,  identity politics,  privilege,  racism,  Lionel Shriver,  representation,  political correctness