Is sensitivity stifling literature? - BBC Newsnight
January 18, 2018
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as posted by the channelPublishers and writers are increasingly employing ‘sensitivity readers’ to proof-read material to avoid publishing anything deemed to be offensive. But is this going too far?
Steve Smith examines the trend, while Evan Davis speaks to Laura Moriarty, author of American Heart and to Sharmaine Lovegrove, publisher, Dialogue Books.
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