In the face of criticism, Roald Dahl's U.K. publisher has opted to preserve his language in a new collection.
This week's debate and the subsequent outcome is"heartening" for Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America."One thing that was striking about this debate over the last week is that there is a fair amount of unity, not total unity, but a fair amount of consensus that yeah, this is not the right answer to the prospect of being offended," Nossel tells NPR.
Dahl's mischievous, even mean-spiritedness, is often seen as part of his books' appeal. Words such as"horsey face" and"idiots" could be considered the least of his offenses.
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