"Craft and Conscience helps writers weave together their narrative craft, conscience, and analytical and research skills, to create prose to illuminate and underscore the individual and collective impact of crucial issues of our time"--
"Craft and Conscience helps writers weave together their narrative craft, conscience, and analytical and research skills, to create prose to illuminate and underscore the individual and collective impact of crucial issues of our time"--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Kavita Das has taught nonfiction writing at the New School and Catapult and has written about social issues for ten years. Previously, she worked in the social change sector for fifteen years, addressing issues ranging from community and housing inequities to public health disparities and racial injustice. Das is also the author of the biography Poignant Song: The Life and Music of Lakshmi Shankar. Find her online at kavitadas.com and on Twitter (@kavitamix).
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Foreword, by Mira Jacob Introduction CHAPTER 1 Why We Write: Interrogating Our Motivations for Writing About Social Issues · “Why I Write,” by George Orwell · “Autobiographical Notes,” from Notes of a Native Son, by James Baldwin · “Ellaji and Lakshmiji,” by Kavita Das CHAPTER 2 How We Are All Connected: Understanding the Relationship Between the Writer, Reader, and Subject · “Tramp,” by Kavita Das · “Jyoti’s Rainbow,” by Kavita Das · “Black and Blue,” by Garnette Cadogan · “Football, Free on the Streets,” by Garnette Cadogan CHAPTER 3 Diving In Deep or Casting Wide: Considering Context Versus Narrative to Shape Our Stories · “Red Ink of Revisionist History,” by Kavita Das · “Selective Perception of Disinformation,” by Kavita Das · “Introduction: This Land,” from An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz · From “Fear” in Breathe: A Letter to My Sons, by Imani Perry · “How Could I Write About Women Whose Existence Is Barely Acknowledged?” by Gaiutra Bahadur CHAPTER 4 Writing from Outside In or Inside Out: Reporting, Personal Narrative, or a Hybrid Approach · “COVID-19 Vaccine: What White Conservatives Can Learn from Black Americans,” by Kavita Das · “A Virulent Privilege,” by Kavita Das · “La Otra,” adapted from Ordinary Girls, by Jaquira Díaz · “The School-to-Prison Pipeline Is Getting Worse for Black and Brown Girls,” by Jaquira Díaz · “99 Years After the Tulsa Race Massacre, an Artist Reflects,” by Crystal Z Campbell CHAPTER 5 Staking a Claim: Writing Opinion Pieces (Op-Eds) · “The Anti-Vaxxer Threat amid a Pandemic,” by Kavita Das · “Tolerance Has a Fatal Flaw. This Is the Solution,” by Kavita Das · “Stories of Transracial Adoptees Must Be Heard—Even Uncomfortable Ones,” by Nicole Chung · “The Specter of Caste in Silicon Valley,” by Yashica Dutt CHAPTER 6 Are You the Right Storyteller for This Story?: Understanding Cultural Sensitivity and Avoiding Cultural Appropriation · Introduction and Conclusion from White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue . . . and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation, by Lauren Michele Jackson · “Who Gets to Write What?” by Kaitlyn Greenidge · “How to Unlearn Everything: When It Comes to Writing the ‘Other,&rsrquo; What Questions Are We Not Asking?” by Alexander Chee · “Who Gets to Write About Whom: Examining Authority, Authenticity, and Appropriation in Biography,” by Kavita Das CHAPTER 7 Ripple Effects of Making Waves: Implications (Good and Bad) of Writing About Social Issues · “Writers Shouldn’t Romanticize Rejection,” by Kavita Das · “Recovering My Fifth Sense,” by Kavita Das · “There Is No One Way,” by Alice Wong · “Stepping on a Star,” from We Wear the Mask: 15 True Stories of Passing in America, by Gabrielle Bellot Conclusion Acknowledgments Recommended Resources About Kavita Das, Author About Mira Jacob, Foreword Writer About the Contributors Notes Permissions
Foreword, by Mira Jacob Introduction CHAPTER 1 Why We Write: Interrogating Our Motivations for Writing About Social Issues · “Why I Write,” by George Orwell · “Autobiographical Notes,” from Notes of a Native Son, by James Baldwin · “Ellaji and Lakshmiji,” by Kavita Das CHAPTER 2 How We Are All Connected: Understanding the Relationship Between the Writer, Reader, and Subject · “Tramp,” by Kavita Das · “Jyoti’s Rainbow,” by Kavita Das · “Black and Blue,” by Garnette Cadogan · “Football, Free on the Streets,” by Garnette Cadogan CHAPTER 3 Diving In Deep or Casting Wide: Considering Context Versus Narrative to Shape Our Stories · “Red Ink of Revisionist History,” by Kavita Das · “Selective Perception of Disinformation,” by Kavita Das · “Introduction: This Land,” from An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz · From “Fear” in Breathe: A Letter to My Sons, by Imani Perry · “How Could I Write About Women Whose Existence Is Barely Acknowledged?” by Gaiutra Bahadur CHAPTER 4 Writing from Outside In or Inside Out: Reporting, Personal Narrative, or a Hybrid Approach · “COVID-19 Vaccine: What White Conservatives Can Learn from Black Americans,” by Kavita Das · “A Virulent Privilege,” by Kavita Das · “La Otra,” adapted from Ordinary Girls, by Jaquira Díaz · “The School-to-Prison Pipeline Is Getting Worse for Black and Brown Girls,” by Jaquira Díaz · “99 Years After the Tulsa Race Massacre, an Artist Reflects,” by Crystal Z Campbell CHAPTER 5 Staking a Claim: Writing Opinion Pieces (Op-Eds) · “The Anti-Vaxxer Threat amid a Pandemic,” by Kavita Das · “Tolerance Has a Fatal Flaw. This Is the Solution,” by Kavita Das · “Stories of Transracial Adoptees Must Be Heard—Even Uncomfortable Ones,” by Nicole Chung · “The Specter of Caste in Silicon Valley,” by Yashica Dutt CHAPTER 6 Are You the Right Storyteller for This Story?: Understanding Cultural Sensitivity and Avoiding Cultural Appropriation · Introduction and Conclusion from White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue . . . and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation, by Lauren Michele Jackson · “Who Gets to Write What?” by Kaitlyn Greenidge · “How to Unlearn Everything: When It Comes to Writing the ‘Other,&rsrquo; What Questions Are We Not Asking?” by Alexander Chee · “Who Gets to Write About Whom: Examining Authority, Authenticity, and Appropriation in Biography,” by Kavita Das CHAPTER 7 Ripple Effects of Making Waves: Implications (Good and Bad) of Writing About Social Issues · “Writers Shouldn’t Romanticize Rejection,” by Kavita Das · “Recovering My Fifth Sense,” by Kavita Das · “There Is No One Way,” by Alice Wong · “Stepping on a Star,” from We Wear the Mask: 15 True Stories of Passing in America, by Gabrielle Bellot Conclusion Acknowledgments Recommended Resources About Kavita Das, Author About Mira Jacob, Foreword Writer About the Contributors Notes Permissions
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