“The censorship and book-burning of unpoliced prose, the harassment and detention of painters, journalists, poets, playwrights, novelists, essayists: this is the first step of a despot whose instinctive acts of malevolence are not simply mindless or evil; they are also perceptive. Such despots know very well that their strategy of repression will allow the real tools of oppressive power to flourish.”
To all writers everywhere, don’t let any political entities stop you! Keep writing and keep fighting!
Image: Pham Doan Trang, PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Awardee, by Jin Jin
Chief Writing Wolf 