Joshua Stein · 11/21/07 11:00AM
Kinda racist author Martin Amis got called out in the Guardian for being kinda racist against Muslims by author Ronan Bennett. But in a letter this week, airport-y author Ian McEwan totes has his back. "You may not like what you hear, but reasoned debate is the appropriate response, not vilification by means of overheated writing, an ugly defamatory graphic, and inflated, hysterical pull-quotes." Snap!