- Kronos Quartet, Rinde Eckert, Vân-Ánh Võ: “Mỹ Lai” (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
- David T. Little, Royce Vavrek, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, NOVUS NY, Mellissa Hughes: “Am I Born” (Bright Shiny Things)
Back in September 2016—in an only slightly saner world—novelist Lionel Shriver gave a keynote at the Brisbane Writers Festival. The festival’s organizers had asked her to speak on the topic of “community and belonging.” She came out onstage wearing a sombrero, and delivered a speech that included the statement “I am hopeful that the concept of ‘cultural appropriation’ is a passing fad.” The fallout was instantaneous and intense.