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Sreedhevi Iyer

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Articles Written By Sreedhevi Iyer

why are authors expected to be ‘authentic’

Why Are Authors Expected to Be ‘Authentic’?

The idea of being true to oneself now extends into identity politics. It pigeonholes writers to produce a certain type of narrative. It’s not write what you know; it is write what only you know.