Handmaid’s Tale Author: Encouraging Writers to Get Political Is a Recipe for Authoritarianism

Fueled by Trump-induced paranoia, many leftists are now encouraging fiction writers to become more politically active in an effort to prevent our culture from hurtling toward a Gilead-like future. One author wrote that Trump's election means "we've got to get really loud these next four years. We've to become nasty writers."

Margaret Atwood, however, disagrees.