Author Ann Tyler is now part of the conversation about CANCEL CULTURE and the censorship of books, that includes that writers making apologies for their past publications, and limiting themselves to the kind of books they write.
I failed to find the original article in whole from which many other publications on the net quoted or used material. The Times (United Kingdom) published an interview last Sunday. So in these articles the interview is referred to as the Sunday Times. THE TIMES UK - ANNE TYLER : I SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO IT The Times requires that to read whole articles you have a subscription - not a bad idea for publications with an intent to survive.
Excerpt: She has been heralded as the Jane Austen of our age, making up for what her novels lack in plot with rich emotional drama -- and a new Anne Tyler is always an event, French Braid, which comes out on Tuesday, is Tyler's 24th novel and eagerly anticipated, even though the Pulitzer-prizewinning novelist is the last person on earth to make noise about her books.
VIGOUR TIMES : I SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO IT
Excerpt: One of America's most acclaimed authors is wading into the culture wars, saying she believes she should be able to create characters from a diverse range of backgrounds.
Anne Tyler, 80, spoke out on the issue in an interview with the Sunday Times, stating "I'm astonished by the appropriation issue. It would be very foolish for me to write, let's say, a novel from the viewpoint of a black man, but I think I should be allowed to do it."
MY OPINION : She should not only be allowed to do it, but black men authors should be allowed to write white woman characters.
