Amid the polarized politics and censored speech of our current moment, everyone with a platform is being urged to speak up. But do all writers have a responsibility to be political? What does political writing look like in today’s climate—and how effective is it? Three award-winning authors, academics, and regular contributors to The New York Review of Books, Namwali Serpell (On Morrison), Francine Prose, and Merve Emre, discuss the art, merits, and responsibility of political writing.
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