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

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, 2022Description: xix, 320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780807046494
  • 0807046493
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.06/63
LOC classification:
  • PN 51 D229c 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 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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 51 D229c 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000183562

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 and avoiding 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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