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Author Das, Kavita, 1974- author.

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

Publication Info. Boston : Beacon Press, [2022]

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  808 DAS    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  808.0663 DAS    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - New Books  NEW 808.06 DAS    Missing
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult New Materials  808.0663 DA    Missing
Description xix, 320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-316).
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.
ISBN 9780807046494 (paperback)
0807046493 (paperback)
9780807046531 (ebook)
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