“If Saul Bellow wants to write a novel set in Africa he feels free to do so, whereas sometimes if the reverse happens, if a third-world writer wishes to set a novel in Illinois, he might be asked what he thinks he is doing.”
Over at Big Think, Salman Rushdie gives his thoughts on dating, immigrant writers, Iran and more.
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