Lionel Shriver

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In Shaker Heights, Ohio, one of America's first planned communities, order and harmony are prized.

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first , planned , order
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Writers who take on polarising issues are apt to step on a few toes.

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writers , who , take
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At the keyboard, unrelenting anguish about hurting other people's feelings inhibits spontaneity and constipates creativity.

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unrelenting , anguish , hurting
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As a woman, I'd be uneasy about being given the power to determine what is insulting to women in general.

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uneasy , being , given
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Jonathan Lethem's 10th novel, 'The Blot,' is engaging, entertaining, and sharp for its first two-thirds. Then it goes to hell.

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jonathan , sharp , first
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What a good novelist does with a throwaway that serves no fictional purpose is throw it away.

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good , novelist , does
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Most books are three-thirds rubbish.

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most , books
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Reality doesn't have to be plausible. Reality can be as preposterous as it pleases.

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reality
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A Trump presidency feels as if we've crawled between the covers of a really crummy book.

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trump , presidency , feels
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We speak often of 'destroying the planet' when what we mean is destroying its habitability for humans.

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speak , often , mean
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I'm not a religious person. Chances are that the universe neither treasures nor regrets us.

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religious , chances , universe
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Trump is not charismatic. He is artless and politically clumsy and wears his egotism on his sleeve.

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trump , he , politically
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Trump can't string a single grammatical sentence together, and at the podium, he is lumpen and awkward.

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trump , string , single
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Novelists are too often assumed to write veiled autobiography.

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novelists , too , often
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Overly vigorous investigations of ominously ill-defined 'bullying' can themselves constitute a form of bullying.

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overly , vigorous , investigations