Any society heading for more repression tends to put a lid on its fiction writers.
Azar Nafisi, who lived under the regime in Iran, has seen it happen. She demonstrated fiction's power when she taught there; she appreciates it at least as much now that she lives in the United States.
Azar Nafisi joined us in 2015 to talk about books that should and do motivate Americans: . Her moving tribute to the power of the written word in America is repeated here.
