When Black Writers Are Guilty Until Proved Human

Mr. Calhoun is an assistant professor at the University of Cambridge.

The novel “C’était ça ou mourir” (“It Was Either That or Die”), by the Haitian Canadian writer Thélyson Orélien, was meant to be a standout of the French literary season. Instead, it became a fiasco that has unleashed some of the worst elements of French political hypocrisy and racism, all over questions that have exercised the publishing world in recent years: What to do about writers who use artificial intelligence? How much is too much? And can we even tell for........

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