as lionel shriver made light of identity, i had no choice but to walk out on her | yassmin abdel magied /

Lionel Shriver’s keynote address at the Brisbane writers festival was a poisoned package wrapped up in arrogance and delivered with condescensionI beget never walked out of a speech.
Or I hadn’t,until last night’s opening keynote for the Brisbane writers festival, delivered by the American author Lionel Shriver, or best known for her novel,We need to talk about Kevin. Related: Rowan Hisayo Buchanan: ‘Pain shape-shifts down the generations’ Related: Richard Ford, Joyce Carol Oates, and David Hare and more ... main writers on Donald Trump Continue reading...

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