When War Is The Answer

A new novel uses magic and academia to show how damaging cultural appropriation can be. Novelist R.F. Kuang's Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution grapples with colonialism, the act of translation and student resistance. Plus, the book asks whether powerful institutions can change from within -- or whether violence is sometimes justifiable. R.F. Kuang, who also authored the Poppy War series, joins us to discuss.