"I invited Indigenous writers into my house, so to speak, and I insulted them, and I absolutely apologize for that." Writer Hal Niedzviecki regrets using the term "cultural appropriation" in a recent column for Write magazine but says writers shouldn't limit themselves to what they know. The response to his article by the Canadian media prompted a heated conversation about free speech and the bounds of literary inspiration. The Current's Anna Maria Tremonti speaks with Niedzviecki and Anishinaabe comedian and writer Ryan McMahon.

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