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Author Das, Kavita, 1974- author.

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

Publication Info. Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2022]
©2022

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Description xix, 320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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 and avoiding 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.
Subject Social problems in literature.
Social change in literature.
Authorship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
English language -- Rhetoric.
Authorship. (OCoLC)fst00822442
English language -- Rhetoric. (OCoLC)fst00911581
Social change in literature. (OCoLC)fst01122335
Social problems in literature. (OCoLC)fst01122806
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals. (OCoLC)fst01423877
ISBN 9780807046494 paperback
0807046493 paperback
9780807046531 electronic book

 
    
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