Social Media Backlash Spurs Two Prominent Authors to Promise Revisions to Their Recent Novels
On 6/9/21 at 5:39 PM EDT
Two prominent authors have promised that future printings of their books will not contain particular lines of dialogue that some netizens found offensive, renewing polarizing conversations about free speech, cancel culture and the need to separate the art from the artist.
The authors, Casey McQuiston and Elin Hilderbrand were subjected to criticism on social media for their decision to reference tragic and politically controversial topics in their recent novels
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