Letters to a writer of color / edited by Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Random House, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: vi, 263 pages ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780593449417
- 059344941X
- Fiction -- Authorship
- English fiction -- Minority authors -- History and criticism
- English fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism
- American fiction -- Minority authors -- History and criticism
- American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism
- Minority authors -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Minority authors -- United States -- Biography
- Cultural pluralism in literature
- Literature and race
- Authors and readers
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A vital collection of essays on the power of literature and the craft of writing from an international array of writers of color, sharing the experiences, cultural traditions, and convictions that have shaped them and their work
"Electric essays that speak to the experience of writing from the periphery . . . a guide, a comfort, and a call all at once."--Laila Lalami, author of Conditional Citizens
Filled with empathy and wisdom, instruction and inspiration, this book encourages us to reevaluate the codes and conventions that have shaped our assumptions about how fiction should be written, and also challenges us to apply its lessons to both what we read and how we read. Featuring:
* Taymour Soomro on resisting rigid stories about who you are
* Madeleine Thien on how writing builds the room in which it can exist
* Amitava Kumar on why authenticity isn't a license we carry in our wallets
* Tahmima Anam on giving herself permission to be funny
* Ingrid Rojas Contreras on the bodily challenge of writing about trauma
* Zeyn Joukhadar on queering English and the power of refusing to translate ourselves
* Myriam Gurba on the empowering circle of Latina writers she works within
* Kiese Laymon on hearing that no one wants to read the story that you want to write
* Mohammed Hanif on the censorship he experienced at the hands of political authorities
* Deepa Anappara on writing even through conditions that impede the creation of art
* Plus essays from Tiphanie Yanique , Xiaolu Guo , Jamil Jan Kochai , Vida Cruz-Borja , Femi Kayode , Nadifa Mohamed in conversation with Leila Aboulela , and Sharlene Teo
The start of a more inclusive conversation about storytelling, Letters to a Writer of Color will be a touchstone for aspiring and working writers and for curious readers everywhere.
On Origin Stories / Taymour Soomro -- On Structure / Madeleine Thien -- On Authenticity / Amitava Kumar -- On Humor / Tahmima Anam -- On Character / Tiphanie Yanique -- On Trauma / Ingrid Rojas Contreras -- On Translation / Xiaolu Guo -- On Queerness / Zeyn Joukhadar -- On Telling and Showing / Jamil Jan Kochai -- On the Inactive Protagonist / Vida Cruz-Borja -- On Crime Fiction / Femi Kayode -- On Violence / Nadifa Mohamed in conversation with Leila Aboulela -- On Art and Activism / Myriam Gurba -- On the Second Person / Kiese Laymon -- On Political Fiction and Fictional Politics / Mohammed Hanif -- On Reception and Resilience / Sharlene Teo -- On the Ideal Conditions for Writing / Deepa Anappara.
"These seventeen essays by celebrated writers of color start a more inclusive conversation about storytelling and encourage readers and writers to re-evaluate the codes and conventions that have shaped their assumptions about how fiction should be written. Edited by Deepa Anappara, author of Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line, and Taymour Soomro, author of Other Names for Love, this anthology features writers from around the world, from a diversity of backgrounds and across genres, including: American Dirt critic Myriam Gurba, who describes the circle of Latina writers she has always worked within; award-winning novelist Tahmima Anam, who writes about giving herself permission to be funny as an artist of color; and New York Times opinion columnist Mohammed Hanif, who recalls censorship he experienced at the hands of political authorities. Combining memoir with aspects of craft, this book asks readers and writers to be more inclusive not only in what they read, but how they read, and introduces them to diverse storytelling traditions and techniques. Filled with important questions about the state of fiction and what the future might hold, this is a touchstone for aspiring and working writers and for curious readers everywhere"-- Provided by publisher.