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DESCRIPTION:Controversial novelist and commentator Lionel Shriver in conver
 sation with Benjamin Teitelbaum\, will discuss her first nonfiction book\, 
 the hot-off-the-presses “Abominations: Selected essays from a career of cou
 rting self-destruction.”  Shriver was one of the earliest critics of identi
 ty politics\, that constellation of prescriptive opinions we now call "woke
 ."  She has been subjected to three concerted pile-ons\, after which she ha
 s mysteriously got up\, dusted herself off\, and carried on saying the oste
 nsibly unsayable.  Shriver has even dared discouraging words about immigrat
 ion\, affirmative action\, and – perhaps her most outrageous stance – punit
 ive taxation of the well-off.\n\nAbout the Speaker:\n\nA prolific journalis
 t with a fortnightly column in Britain’s The Spectator\, Lionel Shriver has
  written widely for the New York Times\, the Guardian\, the London Times\, 
 Prospect\, the Financial Times\, Harper’s Magazine\, and many other publica
 tions.  Her Harper’s piece “Semantic Drift” appears in “Best American Essay
 s of 2020.”  Her first nonfiction book\, “Abominations: Selected essays fro
 m a career of courting self-destruction\,”  will be published in September 
 2022.  As a fiction writer\, she has published one story/novella collection
  and fourteen novels\, including the bestsellers “The Mandibles: A Family\,
  2029-2047\,” “Big Brother\, So Much for That\,” “The Post-Birthday World\,
 ” and the Orange Prize for Fiction winner “We Need to Talk About Kevin” (a 
 2011 feature film starring Tilda Swinton).  She won the 2014 BBC National S
 hort Story Award.  Her most recent novel is “Should We Stay or Should We Go
 ” (2021). Her work has been translated into over 30 languages.\n\nParking i
 nformation: Nearby lots include 327 (parking garage)\, 308 (open lot)\, and
  430. Visit the CU campus map for parking options or find more info about s
 hort term parking at CU. Contact Parking Services at 303-735-PARK (7275) wi
 th questions.
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LOCATION:CASE Building Chancellor's Hall
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SUMMARY:Abominations: Why hasn't Lionel Shriver been cancelled already?
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