I went to help her in my helpless way, with journalistic good intentions

I went to help her in my helpless way, with journalistic good intentions

I never like it when authorities or committees of any nature, for any reason whatsoever, especially the noblest, officially expunge a writer's public presence. To ban implies to me that the censor harbors some discreditable motive, such as – this is the most excusable if also the most pathetic – fear that the writing might somehow be actively dangerous to the state. To which I demand: How could a dead writer's notions possibly threaten Ukraine, …