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Craft and conscience : how to write about social issues / Kavita Das.

By: Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2022]Description: xix, 320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0807046493
  • 9780807046494
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.06/63 23/eng/20220914
LOC classification:
  • PN51 .D288 2022
Contents:
Why we write : interrogating our motivations for writing about social issues -- How we are all connected : understanding the relationship between the writer, reader, and subject -- Diving in deep or casting wide : considering context versus narrative to shape our stories -- Writing from outside in or inside out : reporting, personal narrative, or a hybrid approach -- Staking a claim : writing opinion pieces (op-eds) -- Are you the right storyteller for this story? : understanding cultural sensitivity andavoiding cultural appropriation -- Ripple effects of making waves : implications (good and bad) of writing about social issues.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks PN51 .D288 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001509016

Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-316).

Why we write : interrogating our motivations for writing about social issues -- How we are all connected : understanding the relationship between the writer, reader, and subject -- Diving in deep or casting wide : considering context versus narrative to shape our stories -- Writing from outside in or inside out : reporting, personal narrative, or a hybrid approach -- Staking a claim : writing opinion pieces (op-eds) -- Are you the right storyteller for this story? : understanding cultural sensitivity andavoiding cultural appropriation -- Ripple effects of making waves : implications (good and bad) of writing about social issues.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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